Before You Go host Nicole Franklin visits with one of Mississippi's most famous residents, James Meredith. He reflects on his integration of Ole Miss, his solo Walk Against Fear and his latest mission from God.
The Before You Go conversation with James Meredith sets the record straight. Mr. Meredith, an iconic warrior, made history during the Jim Crow era in the United States. He integrated the University of Mississippi--a fight he won with the aid of then attorney and future judge Constance Baker Motley from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Though he won the case, federal troops were called up by President Kennedy to see that Mr. Meredith made it safely to campus. This is just the beginning of the story of a man who was denied his civil rights by his home state and shot by a sniper during a time when he lost two towering figures in his life.
This episode premiered on KBLA Talk 1580 in Los Angeles.