BBC Radio Podcasts from Breaking Mississippi

10. Fresh Hostilities

Sixty years on, the university is engaged in a new struggle over its history and identity.

9. Blood on the Highway

As Meredith walks further into civil rights history, an armed figure steps on to the road.

8. A Soldier's Duty

Meredith's name is breaking news again as he announces he may not stay at the university.

7. No Man's land

Meredith is being relentlessly harassed and more soldiers are now on campus than students.

6. Battlefield Mississippi

The stage is set for what will be described as the last battle of the American Civil War.

5. A Call to Arms

As armed segregationists head for Oxford, President JFK and the governor talk in secret.

4. Blocked

The Supreme Court order to admit Meredith to the university is openly defied.

3. Rules of Engagement

The civil rights movement is shaking up the south as Meredith begins a fierce legal battle

2. JFK and the Boogeyman

James Meredith has conceived a masterplan and is prepared to risk his life on it.

1. Divine Destiny

James Meredith's father tells his son he has a special responsibility in life.

Introducing Breaking Mississippi

The explosive inside story of one man's war against racial segregation in 1960s America.