James Meredith

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Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.

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My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.

I was taught to believe that the most dishonorable thing a Meredith could do was work in a white woman’s kitchen and take care of a white man’s child. I knew I would starve to death rather than do either.

May 2, 2024

I was taught to believe that the most dishonorable thing a Meredith could do was work in a white woman’s kitchen and take care of a white man’s child. I knew I would starve to death rather than do either.

May 2, 2024

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.

James Meredith

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My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.

I was taught to believe that the most dishonorable thing a Meredith could do was work in a white woman’s kitchen and take care of a white man’s child. I knew I would starve to death rather than do either.

I was taught to believe that the most dishonorable thing a Meredith could do was work in a white woman’s kitchen and take care of a white man’s child. I knew I would starve to death rather than do either.

My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.

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