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From http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmeredith.htm:
"James Meredith was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on 25th June, 1933. While attending Jackson State College (1960-62) Meredith attempted to become the first African American to gain admission to the University of Mississippi.

Twice rejected in 1961, Meredith filed a complaint with the district court on 31st May 1961. Meredith's allegations that he been denied admission because of his colour was rejected by the district court. However, on appeal, the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court reversed this ruling. By a 2 to 1 decision the judges decided that Meredith had indeed been refused admission solely because of his race and that Mississippi was maintaining a policy of educational segregation.

Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi was opposed by state officials and students and the Attorney General, Robert Kennedy, decided to send federal marshals to protect Meredith from threats of being lynched. During riots that followed Kennedy's decision, 160 marshals were wounded (28 by gunfire) and two bystanders were killed.

Despite this opposition, Meredith continued to study at the University of Mississippi and successfully graduated in 1964. Meredith's account of this experience at the university, Three Years in Mississippi was published in 1966."
What this article doesn't say is that previously, while James Meredith was in the Air Force he saw a counsellor about his anxieties concerning racial tensions. Whenever he heard or read or thought about an episode of racial tension he would experience extreme nervousness and sometimes get an upset stomach. While some people would bow to their fear and try to insulate themselves from exposure to those kinds of situations,  he did not.

And not only did he find a way to master his fear and stand up to an unjust system instead of hiding under a rock, he did it alone. While many individuals going into potentially volatile situations would enlist the help of a Civil Rights organization beforehand, James Meredth did not. He began his mission all on his own without any outside assistance or support; just one man against the system.

To look back on it now, it reads like destiny. Well, of course he was successful. Of course they let him into school. Of course things turned out all right. He was in the right, wasn't he? How could it have turned out any other way? But that isn't how it was. Plenty of people fought on the side of good and were defeated. There was no prophecy saying that just because they loved God and stood up for themselves they would be protected. He could have just as easily ended up like Clyde Kennard who tried to enter Mississippi Southern College at Hattiesburg and was thrown off the campus. Shortly after, he was accused and convicted of stealing 5 bags of chicken feed and sent to jail. While in jail, he developed cancer and wasn't released until shortly before his death. 

All that Clyde Kennard and James Meredith wanted was an education, a chance at a better life. There were no guarantees for either of them and each of them risked their lives and liberties and overcame untold fear and hatred in the name of justice and equality. People are still risking their lives and liberties to promote equality and create better lives for all of us. Until all humans are free, none of us is free. As long as there is still unfair discrimination of any kind in the world, then all of us are oppressed. Movements and Organizations are invaluable, but ultimately it is the responsibility of the individual to stand up to oppression, wherever and whenever it is encountered, to do the right thing in the name of humanity without allies, and without assurances until we can truly be free of the invisible chains that our culture and our history wrapped around us at birth.