<P> Cleveland Donald Jr. enrolled at the University in 1964, under a federal protection order . He graduated with a history degree in 1966, becoming the second black graduate . After serving as a professor at universities, in 1978 he returned as an academic to help establish a black studies program at "Ole Miss" (as the University of Mississippi is colloquially known). </P> <P> Meredith continued his education, focusing on political science, at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria . He returned to the United States in 1965 . He attended law school through a scholarship at Columbia University and earned an LL. B (law degree) in 1968 . </P> <P> In 1966 Meredith organized and led a solo, personal March Against Fear for 220 miles from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, beginning on June 6, 1966 . Inviting only black men to join him, he wanted to highlight continuing racial oppression in the Mississippi Delta, as well as to encourage blacks to register and vote following passage of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, which authorized federal oversight and enforcement of rights . The governor Paul Johnson promised to allow the march and provide State Highway Police protection . Meredith wanted blacks in Mississippi to overcome fear of violence . </P> <P> Despite police, on the second day, Meredith was shot and wounded by Aubrey James Norvell, a white man whose motives were never determined; he pleaded guilty at trial . Meredith was quickly taken to a hospital . Leaders of major organizations rallied at the news and vowed to complete the march in Meredith's name . They struggled to reconcile differing goals, but succeeded in attracting more than 10,000 marchers from local towns and across the country by the end . </P>

First african-american enter all white college (university of mississippi)