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Events on Sunday 30 September 1962 1
1962James Meredith integrates the University of MississippiDeadly riot erupts over the first Black student's enrollmentJames Meredith became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi on October 1, 1962, escorted by federal marshals after a court order. His arrival sparked a night of rioting by segregationist mobs that left two people dead. President Kennedy had ordered federal troops to the campus to enforce the desegregation order.