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| President John F. Kennedy sent federal troops to Mississippi in 1962 to quell riots after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith. Meredith, who became the first black student to attend the institution, is seen here (center) being escorted by Justice Department officials on his first day at the university. | ||||||
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| United States (History); Mississippi; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | ||||||
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