Word: meredith
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...Married Meredith Lynn Auld August 17, 1962; they have three daughters...
...Sept. 30, 1962, one black student, James Meredith, was escorted through a sea of angry students by Federal Marshals as he walked through campus to register at the law school. Today a statue of Meredith stands prominently on the main campus to commemorate the civil rights struggle...
...Still, there are some cracks in this apparently united front. A quiet but frank minority of students at Ole Miss say racial tensions still exist. They point to the Confederate-soldier monument that stands just 100 yards from the statue saluting James Meredith, who led the 1962 integration of Ole Miss at age 29. (Meredith himself reportedly told a small group of student journalists that he was not permitted to speak at his own 2006 statue dedication; a University spokesman denies this, saying Meredith declined to speak of his own accord.) These students cite self-segregated fraternity houses, dorms, parties...
...it’s easy to lament the dearth of songwriters who can create rhythms, melodies, and harmonies that are beautiful without being over-sampled or over-trodden—especially ones that give a fresh and insightful peek into the human condition. —Staff writer Meredith S. Steuer can be reached at msteuer@fas.harvard.edu
...motivations of a racist murderer. And it is in the breadth of the collection that one can really see the driving force of all of Welty’s work: to portray all human lives, no matter how small, in all of their absurdity and poignancy. —Meredith S. Steuer