In 1962, black air force veteran James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi, which had previously been an all-white school. 120 federal marshals were on the scene to protect Meredith from the anticipated violence from white supremacists, and as expected, violence ensued. After nightfall, fighting broke out leaving two civilians dead and many others injured. Meredith had become a target for white supremacists when he fought the Mississippi court system to exercise his 14th Amendment rights to equal education, and though the lower courts sided with the racist school system, the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ordered the school to admit Meredith in the fall of 1962.
After the event, white supremacist leaders denounced Meredith, the Appeals Court, and Civil Rights leaders for the integration of Ole Miss. William Branham was no exception. Branham said that Meredith and the "colored people" were trying to "sell their birthrights" dishonoring the "blood of Abraham Lincoln". Branham sided with the white supremacists in attacking Meredith and added insult to injury by using the old phrase, "give the devil his dues".
You can learn this and more on william-branham.org
Ole Miss Riot: https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/ole_miss_riot_of_1962
Speaking Against Those Bombed: Martin Luther King, Jr: https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/martin_luther_king
Branham Speaking Against Integration of Schools: https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/integration
Racial Profiling and Discrimination: https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/racial_profiling_and_discrimination
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