Past That Would Not Die

An account of the 1962 Ole Miss riots, sparked by one man''s stance against segregation in the American South—by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Night to Remember."[Lord''s] account of the gathering storm at Oxford and Jackson is a marvel." —The New York TimesOn September 30, 1962, James H. Meredith matriculated at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. An air force veteran with si...