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James Meredith
The March Against Fear: how a historic civil rights protest began with one and ended with 15,000 protestors
The 1966 “March Against Fear” was meant to be a 270-mile walk from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi to protest against the deliberate attempt to disenfranchise Black voters. James Meredith, the protagonist of the solitary walk, had already stoked racial flames by becoming the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi. After desegregating…
