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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

James Meredith

1933 - Today

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James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government (an event that was a flashpoint in the civil rights movement). Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Meredith has received more than 1,773,523 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Meredith is the 475th most popular social activist (down from 397th in 2019), the 8,296th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,973rd in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 15

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  • 2.12

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  • 3.01

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, James Meredith ranks 475 out of 538. Before him are Hereward the Wake, Aslı Erdoğan, Ernestine Rose, Emily Hobhouse, Thomas Clarkson, and Selena Rocky Malone. After him are Veerappan, Henry Spira, Fazu Aliyeva, Entisar Elsaeed, Josefa Francisco, and Betty Ong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, James Meredith ranks 387. Before him are Radivoje Ognjanović, Bill Nieder, Bengt Berndtsson, Janusz Sidło, Yuri Chesnokov, and Glenn Corbett. After him are Sheila Hancock, Seydou Diarra, Mildred McDaniel, Jean Graczyk, Irina Beglyakova, and Lee Calhoun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Meredith ranks 8,296 out of 18,182. Before him are Joe Jonas (1989), Dan Reynolds (1987), Ruben Fleischer (1974), Charles Sumner (1811), Katee Sackhoff (1980), and Jack White (1975). After him are Lorna Luft (1952), Jerry Lawler (1949), James MacArthur (1937), Alison Sudol (1984), Edward Binns (1916), and Lin Carter (1930).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, James Meredith ranks 71. Before him are William Luther Pierce (1933), Medgar Evers (1925), Bill Haywood (1869), Sumner Paine (1868), Ralph Abernathy (1926), and Lucy Parsons (1853). After him are Betty Ong (1956), Karen Silkwood (1946), Ella Baker (1903), Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Martin Luther King III (1957), and Sylvia Rivera (1951).

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