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The Battle of Ole Miss: Civil Rights v. States' Rights (Critical Historical Encounters Series) (1st Edition) by Frank Lambert Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-19-538041-X / 019538041X ISBN-13: 978-0-19-538041-5 / 9780195380415 James Meredith broke the color barrier in 1962 as the first African American student at Ole Miss. The violent riot that followed would be one of the most deadly clashes of the civil rights era, seriously wounding scores of U.S. Marshals and killing two civilians, and forcing the federal government t |