By Chris Hoenig
James Meredith broke racial barriers when he enrolled at the University of Mississippi in 1962. On Sunday, two men tried to tarnish that legacy when they defaced Meredith’s statue at the school.
Witnesses say the pair screamed racial slurs as they left a noose and an old Georgia state flag, which bears a Confederate emblem commonly used by white-supremacist groups, on the statue. The FBI has joined the investigation at the request of university police.
