How did james meredith and martin luther king, jr., prompt president kennedy to promote civil rights?

African Americans slowly began to win their battle for civil rights. ... James Meredith and Martin Luther King, Jr. , prompted President Kennedy to promote civil rights because when Meredith was stopped from attending the desegregated Univ of Mississippi, a riot occurred and two men were killed.

worcester v. georgia, legal case in which the u.s. supreme court on march 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on native american land. andrew jackson refused to enforce the ruling, the decision form the basis for most subsequent indian law in the united states.