They tried to kill him for walking into a classroom at Ole Miss. At 91, James Meredith – the man who integrated the university amid gunfire and riots – sat in a pickup truck wearing his university baseball cap, watching his hometown of Kosciusko, Mississippi, unveil a historical marker on December 20, 2024, that honors his unwavering courage. The marker stands near the brick home where Meredith's parents and siblings lived during his historic 1962 enrollment at the University of Mississippi. Loc