James Meredith Press Conference

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Film Date
1/31/63
Film Reference Number
KPIX 17718
Description
KPIX News footage from January 31st 1963 featuring brief scenes from a press conference by James Meredith who was the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1962 (it practiced racial segregation at the time). Also includes views of outside the graduate school there.
Format
16mm newsfilm