Ole Miss Adds Meredith Statue to Memorial Plans
OXFORD, Miss.
The University of Mississippi has added a statute of James Meredith, the first African-American to attend the school, to a planned civil rights memorial.
University officials agreed to the change last month as a compromise with student leaders.
The memorial is expected to be completed by May. The statue of Meredith, who was admitted to Ole Miss amid riots in 1962, will be done by Oxford artist Robert Moorehead.
Chancellor Robert Conrad Khayat came under criticism when he earlier rejected a previous design by students, civil rights veterans and artists after nearly a decade of planning.
The addition of the Meredith statue will enhance the memorial, says Andy Mullins, Khayat’s executive assistant.
