James Meredith

(noun)

(Born June 25, 1933) An American civil rights movement figure, writer, and political adviser, who in 1962 was the first African American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, an event that was a flashpoint in the American civil rights movement.

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Examples of James Meredith in the following topics:

  • Federal Intervention

    • In September of 1962, a student named James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi but was prevented from entering.
    • Marshals, would be enough to force the governor to allow Meredith admission.
    • On September 30, 1962, Meredith entered the campus under their escort.
    • Marshals guarding Meredith at Lyceum Hall.
    • Kennedy sent 3,000 troops to quell the riot; once the situation was contained, Meredith finally enrolled in his first class.

  • The Glorious Revolution

    • The Glorious Revolution was the peaceful overthrow and replacement of King James II with William III and Mary II of England.
    • The crisis facing the king came to a head in 1688, with the birth of the King's son, James Francis Edward Stuart, on 10 June.
    • James and his wife fled the nation following a defeat of his forces at the Battle of Reading on 9 December.
    • Portrait of King James II & VII, by Sir Godfrey Kneller,
    • King James was deposed in the Revolution of 1688 by William III.

  • The Glorious Revolution in America

    • When Charles II died in 1685, his successor, the Roman Catholic James II, continued the unification process, which culminated in the creation of the Dominion of New England.
    • He and other Massachusetts agents were received by James, who promised in October 1688 to address the colony's concerns.
    • However, James became increasingly unpopular in England.
    • James also attempted to place sympathizers in Parliament who would repeal the Test Act, which required a strict Anglican religious test for many civil offices.
    • With the birth of his son and potential successor James III in June 1688, some Whigs and Tories set aside their political differences and conspired to replace James with his Protestant son-in-law, William of Orange.

  • The Conquest of New York

    • The Dutch colony of New Netherland was captured by the British and chartered by the Duke of York, who later became James II of England.
    • New York became a royal province in February of 1685 when its proprietor, the Duke of York, was crowned King James II of England.

  • The Limits of Democracy

    • Historians argue that much constitutional thought, from James Madison to Abraham Lincoln and beyond, has focused on the perceived problem of majority tyranny.
    • The Federalist Papers form a collection of 85 articles and essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, promoting ratification of the United States Constitution.
    • James Madison, co-founder of the Democratic-Republican Party and author of "Federalist No. 10."

  • Madison and the Pressure for War

    • In the early nineteenth century, President James Madison faced pressure from Democratic-Republican "war hawks" to go to war with Britain.
    • President James Madison, who was elected as Thomas Jefferson's successor in 1808, was pressured by a faction of young Democratic-Republican congressmen from the South and West of the United States to go to war with Great Britain.
    • The older members of the Democratic-Republican Party, led by President James Madison and Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, also tried unsuccessfully to defeat the war hawks movement, believing that the United States was not prepared for war—which in the end turned out to be true.

  • The Election of 1816 and the Monroe Presidency

    • The U.S. presidential election of 1816 resulted in an easy win for James Monroe and ushered in the "Era of Good Feelings."
    • The U.S. presidential election of 1816 came at the end of the two-term presidency of Democratic-Republican, James Madison.
    • With the Federalist Party in collapse, Madison's secretary of state, James Monroe of Virginia, had an advantage in winning the presidency against very weak opposition.
    • This portrait of James Monroe can be found in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

  • Grant's Pursuit of Lee

    • Maneuvering a final time, Grant surprised Lee by stealthily crossing the James River, threatening to capture the city of Petersburg, the loss of which would doom the Confederate capital.
    • After Lee learned that Grant had crossed the James, he realized that he would be forced into a siege of the capital city.
    • Petersburg, a prosperous city of 18,000, was a supply center for Richmond, given its location just south of the capital, its site on the Appomattox River providing navigable access to the James River, and its role as a major junction for five railroads.
    • This map shows the Overland Campaign, from the Battle of the Wilderness to crossing the James River.

  • The Election of 1920

    • Harding soundly defeated Democratic Governor James M.
    • This was four times the amount spent by his Democratic opponent, James M.
    • This set up a hard road for the next Democratic presidential hopeful, James M.
    • His 26.2% is the largest margin of victory in the popular vote since James Monroe ran unopposed in 1820.
    • Democratic candidate James Cox, the governor of Ohio, lost to Warren Harding in the presidential election of 1920.

  • The Madison Presidency

    • James Madison's presidency was characterized by his policies toward American Indians, his economic plans, and the War of 1812,
    • In 1808, Thomas Jefferson's secretary of state, James Madison, was elected president of the United States.
    • Upon assuming office on March 4, 1809, James Madison, in his first Inaugural Address to the nation, stated that the federal government's duty was to convert the American Indians by the, "participation of the improvements of which the human mind and manners are susceptible in a civilized state."
    • Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, was renowned for her social graces and hospitality and contributed to her husband's popularity as president.
    • An engraving of James Madison by David Edwin from between 1809 and 1817.