Charles W. Eagles is William F. Winter Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His books include Outside Agitator: Jon Daniels and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and The Civil Rights Movement in America.
[A] definitive history of James H. Meredith's 1962 violent
integration of the all-white university. . . . Provides a
perspective only a dedicated historian can do, tapping deeply into
sources, files and unknown documents to bring alive one of the
historical civil rights moments of the 20th century.--Northeast
Mississippi Daily Journal
A compelling . . . addition to an underdeveloped field of history.
. . . Worthy of reading for those interested in the American
history of interracial relationships.--Arkansas Review
Eagles places the events of the fall of 1962 in the context of the
times. . . . His narrative description of the years leading up to
1960 should be required reading for every Mississippi high school
senior. . . . Nuanced, fully researched, comprehensive, and written
in a way that conveys the immediacy of the events.--Jackson Free
Press
Eagles' goal of presenting the wide context of Meredith's fight
doesn't prevent him from giving readers a gripping rendition of the
events that followed.--Chapter16.org
Eagles's work is extraordinarily well researched. . . . The
resulting narrative provides an important picture for readers today
of the ugliness and hypocrisy of segregation through one
individual's valiant effort to end it.--Register of the Kentucky
Historical Society
Never before has this tale of legal and physical skirmishing been
told in such detail. . . . Thoroughly researched and clearly
written.--American Historical Review
Simply put, this is the best study of this dramatic episode we
have. . . . An invaluable contribution to our understanding of an
important, complex, arguably pivotal moment in American
history.--History News Network
To appreciate Meredith's struggle, one must situate him in the
culture of 1960s Mississippi, effectively re-created by Eagles, who
details the university's segregated way of life regarding
everything from sports to beauty pageants while also meticulously
presenting the court proceedings.--Library Journal
While there have been previous studies of this period, Charles W.
Eagles had access to previously unavailable federal and state
records, and personal records.--Inside Higher Ed
With painstaking research and detail, Eagles explores the
university's history, from its founding in 1848 as an alternative
to Northern universities, where students might be exposed to
abolitionist ideas. . . . Traces the legal and political standoff
before Meredith's first day on campus and the university's eventual
confrontation, with the fatal riot that ensued.--Publishers Weekly
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