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Civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and Floyd McKissick march in the front rank of blacks and whites who took up the Memphis-to-Jackson, Miss., march, which was begun by James Meredith three days ago. They are crossing the U.S. 51 bridge over the Coldwater River in northern Mississippi, June 8, 1966. Meredith is still talking about his divine mission. In the weeks leading up to his 90th birthday on Sunday, Meredith made several appearances around his home state, urging people to obey the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule to reduce crime, and saying that older generations should lead the way. (AP Photo, File)

Civil rights icon James Meredith turns 90, urges people to fight crime by obeying Ten Commandments

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

This June 27, 2018 photo shows civil rights activist James Meredith in Jackson, Miss. “I've been in the God business all my life,” Meredith says. “Ole Miss to me was nothing but a mission from God. The Meredith March Against Fear was my most important mission from God, until this one coming up right now: Raising the moral character up, and making people aware of their duty to follow God's plan and the teachings of Jesus Christ.” (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Civil rights legend Meredith says he’s on a mission from God

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Meredith calls noose on Ole Miss statue ‘foolish’

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A flower is seen on the James Meredith statue at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Campus police at the University of Mississippi are checking video surveillance footage in the area around a statue of James Meredith that was found sullied Sunday morning. (AP Photo/The Daily Mississippian, Thomas Graning)

Ole Miss frat suspended, noose suspects kicked out

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SIMMONS: Twisted into knots trying to avoid racial bias

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

James Meredith, the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, speaks to an audience at a reading at a Jackson, Miss., bookstore, on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

James Meredith, central figure in Miss. integration, defies labels

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press