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On Sept. 30, 1962, when a riot occurred at the University of Mississippi protesting the admission of the first African American student, James Meredith, Edwin Meek, then 22, a staff photographer for the university, stayed up all night taking over 500 photos including exclusive pictures of Meredith in his first class the next day. “Meek is the Matthew Brady of the crisis, and with this book he has created an amazing document for the ages.” (William Doyle, An American Insurrection)Introduction by Curtis Wilkie, Afterword by Governor William Winter.

Edwin E. Meek is a former Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Relations and Marketing and Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Meek and his wife Becky, both alumni of Ole Miss, provided the financial support for establishment of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media. He has published 13 niche magazines, including Oxford Magazine, Satellite Opportunities, PC Opportunities, Mississippi Pharmacist, Restaurant Marketing, Experience Oxford, Nightclub & Bar and Salud’. He is the founder of the Tupelo Furniture Market which became one of the largest trade show facilities in the nation and his expanding businesses have included development and operation of the largest food and beverage, hotel, restaurant and hospitality show in the Western Hemisphere, an advertising agency, warehouse facilities and most recently New Media Lab LLC, and Hottytoddy.com, an on-line newspaper reaching 1.2 million readers. An Eagle Scout, he is recipient of the Governor’s Distinguished Mississippian Award, was selected as an American Counsel On Education Fellow and is the author or co-author of four books.