45 years ago this month, James Meredith became the first Black ever admitted to the University of Mississippi. It took the courts, 20,000 U.S. troops, and the National Guard to wedge him in. During the riots that preceeded his admission, 160 marshals were wounded (28 by gunfire) and two bystanders were killed.

Today almost 45 years later, there is only one white who starts for the Ole Miss football team. Times they have been changin'.