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Black History Month: Study Abroad

In celebration of Black History Month, the Global Education Office is highlighting and saluting some of the prominent Black Americans who have studied abroad. We will post a new name and bio each week in February 2023. Learn more below about the power of study abroad:

  • February 6: James Meredith 

View the 2022 and 2021 honorees online.

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James Meredith - Nigeria

Civil rights activist, writer, and Air Force veteran famous for being the first African American to integrate the University of Mississippi. After graduating, he enrolled at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, where he studied political science and proceeded to fight against white supremacy. (Source: AFSUSA.org). John A. Williams, a Black American journalist, traveled to Nigeria and interviewed Meredith as part of a documentary series for WNET. The video is cued to the interview but the entire video is posted. Photo Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS/AP Copyright 1962.
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