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Three years in Mississippi / by Meredith, James,1933-(CARDINAL)809330;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Meredith, James.; University of Mississippi;
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A mission from God : a memoir and challenge for America / by Meredith, James,1933-(CARDINAL)809330; Doyle, William,1957-(CARDINAL)379995;
James Meredith engineered two of the most epic events of the American civil rights era: the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962, which helped open the doors of education to all Americans; and the March Against Fear in 1966, which helped open the floodgates of voter registration in the South. Part memoir, part manifesto, A Mission from God is James Meredith?s look back at his courageous and action-packed life and his challenge to America to address the most critical issue of our day: how to educate and uplift the millions of black and white Americans who remain locked in the chains of poverty by improving our public education system. Born on a small farm in Mississippi, Meredith returned home in 1960 after nine years in the U.S. Air Force, with a master plan to shatter the system of state terror and white supremacy in America. He waged a fourteen-month legal campaign to force the state of Mississippi to honor his rights as an American citizen and admit him to the University of Mississippi. He fought the case all the way to the Supreme Court and won. Meredith endured months of death threats, daily verbal abuse, and round-the-clock protection from federal marshals and thousands of troops to became the first black graduate of the University of Mississippi in 1963. In 1966 he was shot by a sniper on the second day of his ?Walk Against Fear? to inspire voter registration in Mississippi. Though Meredith never allied with traditional civil rights groups, leaders of civil rights organizations flocked to help him complete the march, one of the last great marches of the civil rights era. Decades later, Meredith says, ?Now it is time for our next great mission from God. . . . You and I have a divine responsibility to transform America.?
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Meredith, James, 1933-; University of Mississippi; University of Mississippi; African American college students; African Americans; Civil rights movements;
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James Meredith and the University of Mississippi / by Kenney, Karen Latchana,author.(CARDINAL)485362; Mayes, Keith A.,1967-consultant.(CARDINAL)540896;
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.790LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Meredith, James, 1933-; Civil rights movements; Civil rights movements;
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The price of defiance : James Meredith and the integration of Ole Miss / by Eagles, Charles W.(CARDINAL)163679;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-541) and index.Ole Miss and race. "Welcome to Ole Miss, where everybody speaks" ; Following community mores : J.D. Williams and postwar race relations ; "I love colored people, but in their place" : segregation at Ole Miss ; "Negroes who didn't know their place" : early attempts at integration ; They will "want to dance with our girls" : unwritten rules and rebel athletics ; "Mississippi madness" : Will Campbell and Religious Emphasis Week ; Nemesis of the Southern way of life : Jim Silver ; "On the brink of disaster" : defending States' rights, anticommunism, and segregation ; "Thought control" : the editor and the professor -- James Meredith. The making of a militant conservative : J.H. Meredith ; "I regret to inform you-- " ; Meredith v. Fair I : "Delay, harassment, and masterly inactivity" ; Meredith v. Fair II : a "legal jungle" ; Negotiations : a game of checkers -- A fortress of segregation falls. Initial skirmishing : September 20-25, 1962 ; Confrontations : September 26-40, 1962 ; "A maelstrom of savagery and hatred" : the riot ; "Prisoner of war in a strange struggle" : Meredith at Ole Miss ; J.H. Meredith, Class of '63 ; "The fight for men's minds."
Subjects: Meredith, James, 1933-; University of Mississippi; African Americans; Civil rights; College integration;
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James Meredith and the Ole Miss riot : a soldier's story / by Gallagher, Henry T.(CARDINAL)494689;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Meredith, James, 1933-; Gallagher, Henry T.; University of Mississippi; College integration; African Americans; Civil rights;
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James Meredith : warrior and the America that created him / by McGee, Meredith C.(CARDINAL)401239;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This book provides an honest look at the life and times of Civil Rights icon James Howard Meredith within the context of the America that created him and his generation"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Meredith, James, 1933-; University of Mississippi; University of Mississippi; African American college students; African Americans; Civil rights movements;
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The March against Fear : the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power / by Bausum, Ann,author.(CARDINAL)343744;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African-American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. A seemingly simple plan, but one teeming with risk. Just one day later Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside ambush. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk. The stakes were high--there was no time for advance planning and their route cut through dangerous territory. No one knew if they would succeed. By many measures the March Against Fear became one of the greatest protests of the civil rights era. But it was also one of the last, and the campaign has been largely forgotten. Critically acclaimed author Ann Bausum brings this crucial turning point of civil rights history back to life, escorting you along the dusty Mississippi roads where heroic marchers endured violence, rage, and fear as they walked more than 200 miles in the name of equality and justice.1140LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Meredith, James, 1933-; Civil rights demonstrations; Racism; African American civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; African American college students; African Americans; Black power; Racism.;
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Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear / by Goudsouzian, Aram.(CARDINAL)460199;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A new day -- The Bible and the gun -- Leaving Egypt -- Bargains in blood -- Daylight breaking -- Registering is all right -- The world is watching -- Everybody should have their march -- Standing tall -- Politics and poverty -- Down to the crossroads -- The crow and the blackbird -- Delta blues -- Brotherly love -- The prize bull -- The shadow of death -- Uninvited guests -- We're the greatest -- Dreams and nightmares -- Highway 51 revisited."On June 5, 1966, the civil rights hero James Meredith left Memphis, Tennessee, on foot. Setting off toward Jackson, Mississippi, he hoped his march would promote Black voter registration and defy racism. The next day, he was shot by a mysterious white man and transferred to a hospital. What followed was one of the key dramas of the civil rights era ... Tracking rural demonstrators' courage and impassioned debates among movement leaders, [the author] reveals the complex legacy of an event that would both integrate African Americans into the political system and inspire an era of bolder protests against it"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Meredith, James, 1933-; Civil rights demonstrations; Voter registration; Racism; African American civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; African American college students; African Americans; Black power;
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Most wanted westerns [videorecording] by Akins, Claude; Cassidy, Ted.; Cobb, Lee J.,1911-1976.; Foreman, Carl.; Garner, James; Henry, Will,1912-1991.; Jones, Quincy,1933-.; Kennedy, Arthur; Massey, Raymond.; Meredith, Burgess,1907-1997.; Newmar, Julie,1933-; Peck, Gregory,1916-2003; Quayle, Anthony,1913-1989.; Robinson, Edward G.,1893-1973.; Savalas, Telly,1924-1994; Sharif, Omar,1932-; Sparv, Camilla,1943-; Stewart, James; Thompson, J. Lee(John Lee),1914-2002.; Tiomkin, Dimitri,1894-1979.; Wallach, Eli,1915-2014.; Weaver, Dennis; Wynn, Keenan,1916-1986.;
Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy.A man called Sledge (1970, widescreen, 92 min.): Outlaw buddies break into a maximum-security prison in order to steal a half-million dollars' worth of gold. With the robbery a success, greed soon turns them against one another.Features includes: Mackenna's Gold (1969); A Man Called Sledge (1970); the Man from Laramie (1955); and the Mountain Men (1980).MacKenna's gold (1969, widescreen, 123 min.): Seventeen men and four women seek a legendary cache of gold in the territory of the rampaging Apaches. The colorful group includes MacKenna, a marshal who knows the way and who must be kept alive at any cost by Colorado, the outlaw chief.The Man From Laramie (1955, widescreen, 103 min.): Will Lockhart (James Stewart) comes to the ranch town of Coronado looking for the man who is selling rifles to the Apaches, because his brother was killed with one. There he runs into Alec Waggoman (Donald Crisp), an aging rancher with a violent son named Dave (Alex Nicol). A conflict between Dave and Vic (Arthur Kennedy), Waggoman's top aid, helps Lockhart uncover the source of the rifles -- and also gets him involved in the power struggles at the Waggoman ranch.The mountain men (1980, full screen, 100 min.): The roughest, toughest pair of fur trappers are running as fast as they can from a girl.MPAA rating: R.DVD.
Subjects: Classics.; Western;
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ESPN 30 for 30. [videorecording] / by Team Marketing (Firm) (CARDINAL)344996; ESPN Films (Firm)(CARDINAL)344993;
Blu-ray, widescreen; requires Blu-ray playerESPN Films' 30 for 30 is a documentary series featuring today's finest storytellers from inside and outside of the sports world. What started as a celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary has come to life as an eclectic and fascinating collection of passionate films about sports and culture. Individually, each of the films in this series is meant to tell an intimate, compelling story that stands on its own and brings to life the filmmaker's vision. Broke: According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. Sucked into bad investments, stalked by freeloaders, saddled with medical problems, and naturally prone to showing off, many pro athletes get shocked by harsh economic realities after years of living the high life. ; 9.79*: The 100-meter men's final at the 1988 Seoul Games was the fastest and perhaps most thrilling sprint in Olympic history. But within 48 hours, gold medalist Ben Johnson had tested positive for anabolic steroids, and scandal reigned. This one race still haunts the eight men who took part. ; There's no place like home: On December 10, 2010, Sotheby's auctioned off what could be considered the most important historical document in sports history - James Naismith's original rules of basketball. This is the story of one man's fanatical quest to win this seminal American artifact at auction and bring the rules 'home' to Lawrence, Kansas, where Naismith coached and taught for over 40 years. ; Benji: In 1984, 17-year-old Benjamin "Benji" Wilson, Jr. was a symbol of everything promising about Chicago: a beloved, sweet-natured youngster from the city's fabled South Side, Wilson was the first high school player in Chicago's history to be ranked as the nation's #1 recruit. The day before his senior season, his life was abruptly and tragically cut short, sending ripples through the city and the country. ; Ghosts of Ole Miss: In the fall of 1962, James Meredith becomes the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi under the order and protection of the federal government. Director Fritz Marshall, along with Mississippi native Wright Thompson, explore how the Ole Miss football team became caught in the middle of the most significant moments in the Civil Rights movement. ; You don't know Bo: A profile of Bo Jackson and how his college and professional feats in two sports (baseball and football) captured the public's imagination and made Jackson a cultural (and marketing) icon. Survive and advance: A look at the North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team's successful and improbable championship runs through the 1983 ACC and the 1983 NCAA tournaments. ; Elway to Marino: A look at the 1983 NFL Draft and the six quarterbacks taken in its first round, specifically John Elway (the first overall pick) and Dan Marino (the last QB picked in Round 1). ; Hawaiian : the legend of Eddie Aikau: A chronicling of the life of Eddie Aikau, a big wave surfer and lifeguard whose death served as inspiration to an entire spiritual movement. ; Free spirits: Chronicles the American Basketball Association team the Spirits of St. Louis during their two years in the league, and the ABA's eventual merger with the NBA. ; No más: An inside look at the two boxing matches between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán in the 1980s, with insight from boxing experts, family members and the two fighters themselves. ; Big shots: The story of how young businessman John Spano struck a deal to purchase the New York Islanders in 1996, only to be later revealed as a fraud and being near financial insolvency. ; This is what they want: A colorful clook at the re-invention of tennis in the first decade of the Open era through the lens of Jimmy Conners' career and his famous run the 1991 U.S. Open. Bernie and Ernie: When Bernard King arrived in Knoxville, he was only the third African American ever to play for the University of Tennessee varsity team. By the time he left he was a legend. Along with talented teammate Ernie Grunfeld, the duo gained national acclaim as part of what was known as "The Ernie and Bernie Show." ; Book of Manning: The Book of Manning features revealing interviews with Archie, Olivia, Cooper, Peyton and Eli Manning along with other family members, friends, former teammates and coaches as well as never-before-seen photos and home movie footage of Archie and his sons. ; Youngstown boys: Explores the class and power dynamics in college sports through the parallel interconnected journeys of one-time dynamic runnning back Maurice Clarett and former elite head coach Jim Tressel. -- The price of gold: The world couldn't keep its eyes off two athletes at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer: Nancy Kerrigan, the elegant brunette from the Northeast, and Tonya Harding, the feisty blonde engulfed in scandal. Just weeks before the Olympics on Jan. 6, 1994 at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Kerrigan was stunningly clubbed on the right knee by an unknown assailant. As the bizarre mystery unraveled, it was revealed that Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had plotted the attack with his misfit friends to literally eliminate Kerrigan from the competition. Requiem for the Big East: Takes a nostalgic look at the rivalries and successes that catapulted the Big East to groundbreaking success. Told primarily through the lens of famed Big East coaches and some of its most iconic players, the film encapsulates the era and region in which the Big East was born. ; Bad boys: "Few teams in professional sports history elicit such a wide range of emotions as the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early '90s. The team had some of the best--and most complex--players in NBA history: Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman, John Salley; and the mixture of grit, professionalism and style possessed by coach Chuck Daly. Sandwiched between the Lakers' and Celtics' dominance of the 1980s and the Bulls' run in the 1990s, the Pistons' two titles in 1989 and 1990 are often viewed as a transitional period in NBA history, rather than a dynamic championship era in its own right. But for anyone who experienced the Bad Boys in action, they more than carved out their own identity, both in the league and in American popular culture." ; Slaying the badger: Before Lance Armstrong, there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France. LeMond looks back at the pivotal 1986 Tour and his increasingly vicious rivalry with friend, teammate and mentor Bernard Hinault. The reigning Tour champion and brutal competitor known as The Badger, Hinault "promised" to help LeMond, in return for LeMond supporting him in the previous year. But in a sport that purports to reward teamwork, it's really every man for himself. ; Playing for the mob: Set in the seemingly golden world of college basketball, this intriguing film tells the true story behind the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic, Goodfellas, and how mobster Henry Hill helped orchestrate fixing of Boston College basketball games during the 1978-79 season. ; The day the series stopped: On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PT, soon after Al Michaels and Tim McCarver started the ABC telecast for Game three of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the ground began to shake beneath Candlestick Park. The 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake rolled through, bringing death and destruction. The Bay Area pulled together and baseball took a backseat. When the Garden was Eden: During the tumultuous and racially discordant early 1970s, Madison Square Garden was a place where individuals from different backgrounds worked together, and the New York Knicks, under the stewardship of coach Ray Holzman, was seen to be a model of cooperation and harmony. ; Brian and the Boz: In some ways, Brian "The Boz" Bosworth and Barry Switzer were made for each other. The Oklahoma coach and the linebacker he recruited to play for him were both outsized personalities who delighted in thumbing their noses at the establishment. And in their three seasons together (1984-86), the unique father-son dynamic resulted in 31 wins and two Orange Bowl victories, including a national championship. ; Brothers in exile: Discover the remarkable story of Cubans Livan and Orlando 'El Duque' Hernandez, who risked their lives to get off the island, and eventually went on to world championship success in Major League Baseball in the United States. ; Rand University: One of the most gifted athletes to ever play the game, Randy Moss has long been an enigma, largely known for his athletic brilliance on the football field and his troubles off it. Go back to where he came from - Rand, West Virginia - and explore what almost derailed his extraordinary career. After overcoming legal troubles and losing opportunities to play with Notre Dame and Florida State, Moss would eventually revive his promising football career at Marshall University. The U part 2: Picking up where "The U" (2009) left off, "The U part 2" chronicles the controversial Miami Hurricanes as the team becomes embroiled in a scandal involving a ponzi scheme operated by one of the team's boosters. ; Of miracles and men: The story of one of the greatest upsets in sports history has been told. Or has it? On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national team, 4-3 in the medal round of the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey competition. But there was another side to the 'Miracle On Ice.' The so-called bad guys from America's ideological adversary were in reality good men and outstanding players. ; I hate Christian Laettner: He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. He's the only player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and was instrumental in Duke winning two national championships. He had looks, smarts and game. So why has Christian Laettner been disliked so intensely by so many for so long? Go beyond the polarizing persona and uncover the complete story behind this lightning rod of college basketball. ; Sole man: This definitive, first-hand and unflinching account examines one of the sports world's most polarizing and influential figures, Sonny Vaccaro. A fast talking maverick, his zeal for basketball and instinct for sales forged an era of unprecedented growth for two pillars of pop culture: basketball and sneakers. Vaccaro was instrumental in launching Nike's 'Air Jordan' empire in the '80s and started the movement of paying college coaches to have their players wear Nike shoes. ; Angry sky: In 1965, at the height of the space race, Nick Piantanida launched the first civilian space program. A truck driver and exotic pet dealer from New Jersey, Piantanida had no formal training, no college degree and barely enough money to support his devoted wife and their three children. But he had a dream-to take a balloon to the edge of the atmosphere and jump out. If he succeeded, he'd set a world record as he free-fell back to earth for nearly 17 minutes. "Angry Sky" is the story of a man whose dream took him to the edge of space but whose obsession led to his tragic downfall. Blu-ray; requires Blu-Ray player
Subjects: Johnson, Ben, 1961- ; Olympic Games 1988 : Seoul, Korea) ; Doping in sports ; Professional athletes ; Basketball ; Naismith, James, 1861-1939 ; Wilson, Benjamin, 1967-1984 ; High school athletes ; Meredith, James, 1933- ; Ole Miss Rebels (Football team) ; University of Mississippi ; College integration ; Civil rights movements ; Jackson, Bo, 1962- ; North Carolina State Wolfpack (Basketball team) ; North Carolina State University ; Elway, John, 1960- ; Marino, Dan, 1961- ; Aikau, Eddie, 1946-1978 ; American Basketball Association (1967-1976) ; Duran, Roberto, 1951- ; Leonard, Sugar Ray, 1956- ; New York Islanders (Hockey team) ; Spano, John, 1964- ; Connors, Jimmy, 1952- ; U.S. Open (Tennis tournament) ; King, Bernard, 1956- ; Grunfeld, Ernie, 1955- ; Tennessee Volunteers (Basketball team) ; Manning family ; Manning, Archie, 1949- ; Manning, Cooper; Manning, Peyton ; Manning, Eli, 1981- ; Harding, Tonya ; Kerrigan, Nancy, 1969- ; Figure skating ; Big East Conference ; Basketball ; College sports ; Detroit Pistons (Basketball team) ; LeMond, Greg ; Hinault, Bernard, 1954- ; Tour de France (Bicycle race) (1986) ; Hill, Henry, 1943-2012 ; Boston College Eagles (Basketball team) ; College sports ; World Series (Baseball) (1989) ; Oakland Athletics (Baseball team) ; San Francisco Giants (Baseball team) ; Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989 ; New York Knickerbockers (Basketball team) ; Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) ; Bosworth, Brian ; Moss, Randy ; Hernández, Livan, 1975- ; Hernández, Orlando, 1965- ; Shapiro, Nevin, 1969- ; Miami Hurricanes (Football team) ; Ponzi schemes ; University of Miami ; Scandals ; Olympic Winter Games 1980 : Lake Placid, N.Y.) ; Hockey players ; Laettner, Christian ; Duke Blue Devils (Basketball team) ; Vaccaro, Sonny ; Basketball ; Athletic shoes ; Piantanida, Nicholas John, 1932-1966 ; Balloonists ; Parachuting ; Aeronautics ; Documentary films; Television programs ;
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