At what city did an African-American first gain admittance to a Mississippi College?
James Meredith James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is a Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteran. In 1962, he became the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, after the intervention of the federal government, an event that was a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans.
Yvonne Clark Yvonne Y. Clark (born Georgianna Yvonne Young, in Houston, Texas on 13 April 1929) is a pioneer for African-American and women engineers. She is the first woman to get a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. She is the first woman to earn a master's degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University. She is the first woman to serve as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University, now emereti Professor.