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James Meredith

American Celebrity

Born: Jun 25, 1933

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Do you know who the real hypocrite is? It's the federal government and the Justice Department. It's a fraud; it's a lie. They have no interest in the education of black children. They are only interested in the politics of it. James Meredith

Education Politics Government You Justice Lie Hypocrite Black Fraud No Interest Only Federal Federal Government Do You Know Know Real Department Children Interest Justice Department Interested Who

I chose as my target the University of Mississippi, which in 1960 was the holiest temple of white supremacy in America, next to the U.S. Capitol and the White House, both of which were under the control of segregationists and their collaborators. James Meredith

Control White White House Collaborators Temple Both House Mississippi Supremacy Were Target America Which Next Capitol Chose University

The real problem in Mississippi is almost a complete moral breakdown. In order to move Mississippi from the bottom to the top, all we have to do is just get people to do a little more what they know, to practice a little more of what they preach. James Meredith

Only the family of God can solve the problems of our time. James Meredith

God Time Family Problems Our Our Time Solve Only

Only whites were allowed by law and practice to attend the University of Mississippi - a public institution supported by public dollars. Anything public and supported by public dollars is for me. James Meredith

Me Law Practice Only Allowed Attend Supported Institution Mississippi Were Dollars Anything Public Whites University

My great-grandfather was the last ruler of the Choctaw Nation, and from birth, I was taught that my role was to restore the power and the glory to my bloodline. James Meredith

Power Nation Birth Ruler Restore Great-Grandfather Glory Role Taught Last

It is an insult for me to have been alive through the times you are calling the so-called civil rights movement. I don't celebrate my humiliations and my insults. James Meredith

Me You Rights Celebrate Alive Rights Movement Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Through Calling Insult Insults Been Times Movement So-Called

I had developed a specifically calculated plan to break the system of white supremacy. My theory was that since Mississippi was the place, this was the ultimate: Mississippi was the place you had to break it. James Meredith

You White System Had Developed Since Calculated Mississippi Supremacy Ultimate Break Place Plan Theory Specifically

You gotta understand - the state of Mississippi was in rebellion. It had rebelled against the United States. Now that has been a very difficult story for America to tell, but that's what actually happened. James Meredith

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