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Breaking Mississippi Episodes

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    10. Fresh Hostilities

    Sixty years on, the university is engaged in a new struggle over its history and identity.

  2. 9. Blood on the Highway

    As Meredith walks further into civil rights history, an armed figure steps on to the road.

  3. 8. A Soldier's Duty

    Meredith's name is breaking news again as he announces he may not stay at the university.

  4. 7. No Man's land

    Meredith is being relentlessly harassed and more soldiers are now on campus than students.

  5. 6. Battlefield Mississippi

    The stage is set for what will be described as the last battle of the American Civil War.

  6. 5. A Call to Arms

    As armed segregationists head for Oxford, President JFK and the governor talk in secret.

  7. 4. Blocked

    The Supreme Court order to admit Meredith to the university is openly defied.

  8. 3. Rules of Engagement

    The civil rights movement is shaking up the south as Meredith begins a fierce legal battle

  9. 2. JFK and the Boogeyman

    James Meredith has conceived a masterplan and is prepared to risk his life on it.

  10. 1. Divine Destiny

    James Meredith's father tells his son he has a special responsibility in life.

  11. Introducing Breaking Mississippi

    The explosive inside story of one man's war against racial segregation in 1960s America.