Fighting for Freedom: My Life Story: The First 50 Years of Being Black
Item
Title
Fighting for Freedom: My Life Story: The First 50 Years of Being Black
Alternative Title
First 50 Years of Being Black
Creator
Publisher
Meredith Publications
Date
1986
Provenance
Jay Charles Levine Collection in Memory of Gwendolyn Brooks
Description
Signed by the author.
Memoirs of civil rights activist James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and leader of the 1965 March Against Fear through Mississippi to register black voters. Meredith was shot by a sniper during the march, but recovered to rejoin the successful march to the capital.
Memoirs of civil rights activist James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and leader of the 1965 March Against Fear through Mississippi to register black voters. Meredith was shot by a sniper during the march, but recovered to rejoin the successful march to the capital.