Celebrate National Library Week, April 13-19, 2013 at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library! This year's theme is: "Communities Matter @ Your Library." Our featured event this week is a book singing by author James Meredith on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM. The program will be a Brown Bag Lunch--you are encouraged to bring your lunch to the event and drinks and dessert will be provided by the library. Born in Mississippi in 1933, James Meredith was raised on a farm with nine siblings. He joined the military after high school and attended an all-black college before becoming the first black student at the University of Mississippi in 1962. Meredith graduated with a degree in political science in 1963. He wrote an account of his experience, titled Three Years in Mississippi, which was published in 1966. He went on to receive a master's degree in economics from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and a law degree from Columbia University in 1968.After he graduated, he earned a law degree and became involved in politics. He continues to be active in civil rights and lives in Jackson, Mississippi with his wife Judy Alsobrook. James Meredith witll be disussing his newest book, A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book is James Meredith’s
look back at his courageous and action-packed life and his challenge to America
to address the most critical issue of our day: how to educate and uplift the
millions of black and white Americans who remain locked in the chains of poverty
by improving our public education system. Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Meet James Meredith and Celebrate National Library Week 2013!
Celebrate National Library Week, April 13-19, 2013 at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library! This year's theme is: "Communities Matter @ Your Library." Our featured event this week is a book singing by author James Meredith on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM. The program will be a Brown Bag Lunch--you are encouraged to bring your lunch to the event and drinks and dessert will be provided by the library. Born in Mississippi in 1933, James Meredith was raised on a farm with nine siblings. He joined the military after high school and attended an all-black college before becoming the first black student at the University of Mississippi in 1962. Meredith graduated with a degree in political science in 1963. He wrote an account of his experience, titled Three Years in Mississippi, which was published in 1966. He went on to receive a master's degree in economics from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and a law degree from Columbia University in 1968.After he graduated, he earned a law degree and became involved in politics. He continues to be active in civil rights and lives in Jackson, Mississippi with his wife Judy Alsobrook. James Meredith witll be disussing his newest book, A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book is James Meredith’s
look back at his courageous and action-packed life and his challenge to America
to address the most critical issue of our day: how to educate and uplift the
millions of black and white Americans who remain locked in the chains of poverty
by improving our public education system. 
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