Meredith, James (Howard)

Meredith, James (Howard)
(n. 25 jun. 1933, Kosciusko, Miss., EE.UU.).

Líder estadounidense de derechos civiles. Se crió en la pobreza, en Mississippi, el estado con más segregación racial de EE.UU. En 1961 presentó la solicitud de admisión a la Universidad de Mississippi, exclusiva para blancos. Ganó un juicio y obtuvo la admisión, pero hubo que llamar a soldados federales y tuvieron que intervenir funcionarios del Departamento de Justicia para hacer cumplir el fallo. Mientras participaba en una campaña por la inscripción electoral, después de egresar de la Universidad de Mississippi un supremacista blanco le disparó y lo hirió.

Enciclopedia Universal. 2012.

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