re: James Meredith Question

My daughter and I were visiting Ole Miss and we were near the statue of him ... an older gentleman from California introduced himself to us an an alum and a benefactor for I believe the business school.

He went on to talk about being there at the time of James Meredith and that they were really good friends (this gentleman that we were speaking with was white). He said that JM didn't understand what all the fuss was about. Also said that when the Guard was called in JM was told by this guy basically "dude this is because of you" (the friend wasn't being ugly .. just pointing out as JM didn't understand). JM replied "all I want to do is get an education".

The gentleman that we spoke to was super nice and informative. I saw that JM recently was in a park in Jackson and people started talking with him about things going on ... I have to say that would have been interesting to have his take on it.

I wouldn't mind reading about him more as well.