JAMES MEREDITH [ca. early-1960s] Press photo

Np: Wide World Photos, [ca. early 1960s]. Vintage original 9 x 7″ (23 x 18 cm) black-and-white photo. Wide World Photos stamp on verso, also date of 6-17-68 in pencil, probably indicating time when photo was used. Near fine.

A portrait of James Meredith, the first African American to be admitted to the University of Mississippi. His admission ignited the Ole Miss riot of 1962 where Meredith’s life was threatened and 31,000 American servicemen were required to quell the violence — the largest ever invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807. (Wikipedia)