Mississippi Business Journal » James Meredith http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Thompson’s take an inspiring look back http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/thompsons-take-an-inspiring-look-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thompsons-take-an-inspiring-look-back http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/thompsons-take-an-inspiring-look-back/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:04:34 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=64846 Wright Thompson makes the point, “What is the cost of knowing our past, and what is the cost of not?” As Mississippians, we probably don’t talk about the past enough. We want to sweep it under the rug and move on, but in the recently aired “Ghosts of Ole Miss,” ESPN’s “30 for 30” series [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/thompsons-take-an-inspiring-look-back/feed/ 0 James Meredith reflects on and reveals his missions from God http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/09/james-meredith-a-mission-from-god/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=james-meredith-a-mission-from-god http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/09/james-meredith-a-mission-from-god/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:01:17 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=62396 James Meredith has always confounded people. In 1962, as a 29-year-old Air Force veteran, he confounded the white power structure and the watching world by breaking the color barrier at the University of Mississippi, his entry supported by U.S. Marshals and federalized troops. “I deliberately put the United States government in a position where they [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/09/james-meredith-a-mission-from-god/feed/ 0 Remembering national-title days — Ole Miss to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rebels’ 1962 perfect football season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/remembering-national-title-days-%e2%80%94-ole-miss-to-celebrate-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-rebels%e2%80%99-1962-perfect-football-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-national-title-days-%25e2%2580%2594-ole-miss-to-celebrate-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-rebels%25e2%2580%2599-1962-perfect-football-season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/remembering-national-title-days-%e2%80%94-ole-miss-to-celebrate-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-rebels%e2%80%99-1962-perfect-football-season/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:50 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=53411 The past two seasons have been zero fun for those who have even a casual rooting interest in the Ole Miss football program. The third game of the 2012 season, when the Rebels play Texas in Oxford, will be set aside to remember the best of times on the field and the worst of times [...]

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