My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution. – James Meredith
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. – James Meredith
I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government – the Kennedy administration at that time – into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as a citizen. – James Meredith