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When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult.

James Meredith

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James Meredith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: June 25
Civil Rights Advocate
Lawyer
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Kosciusko
Mississippi
James Howard Meredith
James H. Meredith
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