2nd Hand Story about James Meredith
who integrated Ole Miss back in 1962 when my Mom was a journalist for the school paper
… there sits James Meredith reading a book by Curtis Wilkie called “Dixie”. The book is about various events that occurred in the South over the last 50 years that shaped the South. I’ve read it and best I can remember, about 1/5 of the book is dedicated to the James Meredith Ole Miss deal. So the conversation goes like this-
Me- “you readin that part about you?”
JM- “yep. just seein if he got it right”
Me- “well did he?”
JM- ” for the most part”
he had an ole miss hat on, as he always does. he told me that Mississippi has come farther in race relations over the last 50 years than any other state in the country. he can’t hear very well. its hard to beleive that a person can read a book about himself regarding an event that occurred 50 years ago.
