Episode 218 James Meredith and the Oxford Riot Part 2

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Episode 218 is the second episode of a mutli-part wander that is the story of James Meredith and the Oxford Riots. Meredith was the first black man admitted to the University of Mississippi. Most who are familiar with the history, recall the tense moment of his admission, but few understand the extent of the violence which encompassed the event. By the end of September 1962, Meredith's attempt at registration had become an ongoing affair. After his initial ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to JFK in The Enduring Secret.
0:06.3	I'm your host, Jeff Crudell.
0:24.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast.
0:33.0	Today's episode is episode 218 and of course it's a continuation of what we began in episode 217.
0:36.7	The story of James Meredith and the Oxford riots.
0:48.6	As I explained to you in the prologue of episode 217, this is more about the war that occurred than it is about the actual admission of James Meredith to the university.
0:55.7	It's a deep dive into the violence that occurred in the level of engagement by the federal authorities to ensure that Meredith would be accepted.
0:58.2	Few people understand the level of force that was necessary to make this occur.
1:03.2	Some of you may come away with the idea that this was just too much to present.
1:08.7	Others of you will accept the fact that there was much more to this than
1:12.9	most of us at first glance would understand or acknowledge. And this is a rather crude way to get the
1:20.6	point across, perhaps, because I tell this story in excruciating detail. And it's a military history because that is exactly what it was.
1:31.8	It was an act of domestic terror.
1:34.6	It was an act of war.
1:36.3	It was an act that was met with courage,
1:39.2	and it was an act that would define the level of hatred and violence
1:43.1	that the Kennedys would face
1:45.0	in the months to come. President Kennedy was assassinated less than 14 months after the events
1:51.7	occurred in Oxford. He was fresh moments of hatred, and they had already reached a high
1:57.8	altitude. Sadly, they had not reached their own height.
2:04.5	Not yet.
2:07.0	So, without further ado, let's listen to the rest of episode 218 of JFK, the Enduring Secret.
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