Rioters gathers around downtown Oxford, Mississippi to hurl objects at U.S. soldiers who are stationed in the city to ensure the safety of black student James Meredith attending the once-segregated University of Mississippi (October 1, 1962) [1024 x 955]
![Rioters gathers around downtown Oxford, Mississippi to hurl objects at U.S. soldiers who are stationed in the city to ensure the safety of black student James Meredith attending the once-segregated University of Mississippi (October 1, 1962) [1024 x 955]](https://i.redd.it/phljxvzmqzu41.png)
_johnfromtheblock_
Can’t believe how recent it still is where people thought it was okay to judge other people based on the color of their skin.
PygmeePony
Almost a 100 years after the Civil War ended
What_CanBe
And there are Americans today who claim that this was a "better time". This is the era that they saw "America great"
ProneCorpse
these people are still alive and are voting.
bamboo-harvester
Talk about being on the wrong side of history…
uselessartist
Fittingly right in front of the confederate monument.
OhioMegi
Bob Dylan sort of wrote a song about this.
jpgPGH
Here’s a really good book about the event: An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385499701/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_qWiPEbJ6Y908F
The courage it must have taken James Meredith to stand up against such hatred is truly inspirational.
notzacraw
The forefathers of these people killed more than 100,000 American soldiers in the Civil War. Their mindset had not much changed.