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Civil Rights Icon’s (Meredith) vision for the poor
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Oct 06, 2009 12:40pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, October 6, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Civil Rights Icon’s vision for the poor
“I aint’ dead yet,” James Meredith proclaimed to a MS Delta woman. His remarks may be an indication that he has more work to do in the years ahead.
Nearly half a century ago, Thurgood Marshall, who headed the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, did not expect Meredith to actually carry out plans to integrate the University of Mississippi. Marshall’s doubt insulted Meredith, but perhaps Marshall was reminded that a college teacher, Clennon W. King, Jr., who appeared on campus at Ole Miss in 1958, was taken from his registration, driven out of the state, and committed into an asylum. Meredith was described by author, William Dole as a man ahead of his time for envisioning in 1960 that White Supremacy could be broken. Others have described him as eccentric, but some will not dispute that he is a man with a mission for the poor that is none other than timely.
Meredith’s Walk for the Poor began in Tunica, MS, May 24, 2009 on Hwy 61 S. where 33 percent of the population and 40 percent of blacks live in poverty, among the highest rates in America. Since then, he has walked through areas of Senatobia, Sardis, Crenshaw, Marks, Clarksdale, Tutwiler, Drew, Ruleville, Mayersville, Belzoni, Vicksburg, Canton, and other towns. He walked in several wards in Greenwood, accompanied by Councilman Charles McCoy. Meredith told an audience in Tutwiler Monday at the Tutwiler Community Education Center, “I’ve learned more in the past week about America than I’ve ever known. People are crying and some people have given up.” |
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