It was an embarrassment for me to be there, and for somebody to celebrate it, oh my God. I want to go down in history, and have a bunch of things named after me, but believe me that ain't it. — James Meredith Copy Share Image
It is an insult for me to have been alive through the times you are calling the so-called civil rights movement. I don't celebrate my humiliations and my insults. — James Meredith Copy Share Image
My momma was slick as greased lightning. She knew how to get anybody and everybody to do whatever she wanted 'em to do. — James Meredith Copy Share Image
Nothing has been more detrimental to me than to be considered a symbol, because I never stood for any of that... The civil rights… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think theyll take care of me. — James Meredith Copy Share Image
I had developed a specifically calculated plan to break the system of white supremacy. My theory was that since Mississippi was the place, this… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
'Blacks were too scared to do anything, but they came out to greet James Meredith': That would have been the story in the evening… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
I am thankful for the strong, united response of our university community to the desecration of the James Meredith statue last year, confirming our… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
Only whites were allowed by law and practice to attend the University of Mississippi - a public institution supported by public dollars. Anything public… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
The real problem in Mississippi is almost a complete moral breakdown. In order to move Mississippi from the bottom to the top, all we… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
If black people use their resources properly, they can become as competitive as any group in society - take control of our neighborhoods, our… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
You gotta understand, the state of Mississippi was in rebellion. It had rebelled against the United States...Now that has been a very difficult story… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
