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Federal Courthouse

Meridian, Mississippi
· Meridian Civil Rights Trail
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The Federal Courthouse in Meridian was the site of two of the most significant legal actions in Civil Rights history: the filing of James Meredith's lawsuit to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1961 and the infamous "Mississippi Burning" trial of 1967.
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