Conversations
Ed Meek & Curtis Wilkie
Season 15 Episode 1509 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Ed Meek & Curtis Wilkie speak of tumult caused by James Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss.
Author Ed Meek is joined by fellow journalist, historian and University of Mississippi Professor Curtis Wilkie to talk about the tumultuous 60's when James Meredith became the first African American to enroll at Ole Miss. The event sparked dangerous campus riots, captured in Meek's photographs and compiled in his book, "RIOT: Witness to Anger and Change."
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Conversations is a local public television program presented by mpb
Conversations
Ed Meek & Curtis Wilkie
Season 15 Episode 1509 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Author Ed Meek is joined by fellow journalist, historian and University of Mississippi Professor Curtis Wilkie to talk about the tumultuous 60's when James Meredith became the first African American to enroll at Ole Miss. The event sparked dangerous campus riots, captured in Meek's photographs and compiled in his book, "RIOT: Witness to Anger and Change."
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