James Meredith Press Conference
About This Item
KPIX News footage from January 31st 1963 featuring brief scenes from a press conference by James Meredith, who was the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1962 (it practiced racial segregation at the time). Also includes views of outside the graduate school there.
- Type of material
- archival newsfilm
- Duration
- 1:00
- 16mm b&w, optical sound film
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Date aired
- 1/31/1963
- Originally aired on
- KPIX-TV
- Identifier
- KPIX 17718
- Views
- 3900
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