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===Aftermath===
[[File:US Marshals at Ole Miss October 1962 cph.3c35522.jpg|thumb|alt=U.S. Army trucks loaded with steel-helmeted federal agents roll across the University of Mississippi campus|U.S. Army trucks driving across campus on October 3]]
Two civilians were killed during the riots: French journalist [[Paul Guihard]], on assignment for [[Agence France-Presse]], who was found behind the Lyceum building with a gunshot wound to the back; and 23-year-old Ray Gunter, a white jukebox repairman who had visited the campus out of curiosity.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Though the Heavens Fall (5 of 7)|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829233-5,00.html|access-date=October 3, 2007|date=October 12, 1962|archive-date=October 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014014142/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829233-5,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[[#Wickham|Wickham (2011)]], pp. 102–112.</ref>
The day after the riot, Barnett called the DOJ and offered to pay for Meredith's college education anywhere out-of-state. Barnett's final plea was rejected.<ref name="cohodas122"/> On October 1, 1962, Meredith became the first African-American student to be enrolled at the University of Mississippi,<ref>{{cite news|title=1962: Mississippi race riots over first black student|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/1/newsid_2538000/2538169.stm|access-date=October 2, 2007|date=October 1, 1962|archive-date=October 5, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005031808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/1/newsid_2538000/2538169.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> and attended his first class, in American Colonial History.<ref>[[#Lambert|Lambert (2009)]], p. 131.</ref> His admission marked the first integration of a public educational facility in Mississippi.<ref name="sitton"/> Following rumors of dynamite in Baxter Hall, an October 31 search by troops and campus police discovered a grenade, gasoline, and a .22-calibre rifle, among other weapons.<ref>[[#CITEREFScheips2005|Scheips (2005)]], p. 127.</ref> Racist agitation continued on the campus, with the state attorney general calling for students to not fraternize with the "intruder" Meredith.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sitton|first=Claude|date=November 4, 1962|title=At 'Ole Miss': Uneasy Peace; Return to Normalcy Seen Despite Continued Racist Agitation|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/04/archives/at-ole-miss-uneasy-peace-return-to-normalcy-seen-despite-continued.html|access-date=September 6, 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907043613/https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/04/archives/at-ole-miss-uneasy-peace-return-to-normalcy-seen-despite-continued.html|archive-date=September 7, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> At that time, there were still hundreds of troops guarding Meredith 24 hours a day. In order to appease the local sensitivities, however, 4,000 black soldiers were removed under Robert Kennedy's secret orders.{{sfn|Gallagher|2012|p=187}} Meredith decried the move.<ref>[[#Rosenberg|Rosenberg & Karabell (2003)]], p. 83.</ref>
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