Who was James Meredith

James H. Meredith, who in 1962 became the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi. He was shot by a sniper shortly after beginning a lone civil rights march through the South. He wanted to highlight continuing racism in the South and encourage voter registration after passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

although world war i began in 1914, the united states did not join the war until 1917. the additional firepower, resources, and soldiers of the u.s. to tip the balance of the war in favor of the allies. remaining neutral. when war broke out in 1914, the united states had a policy of neutrality.