50th Anniversary Of The Integration Of Ole Miss

October 1, 2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the integration of Ole Miss, The University Of Mississippi. James Meredith, the first black student to attend Ole Miss, was registered, and began attending classes amidst a violent upheaval. Today the turbulent history of racism in the state is taught there, and African-American music such as blues is celebrated in the state, but remembering what it was like for black people in Mississippi as recently as 1962 can be eye-opening. National Public Radio’s Debbie Elliott filed this report, Integrating Ole Miss: A Transformative, Deadly Riot, about the integration of Ole Miss fifty years ago.