During the height of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, Meridian was a major center of organizing and activism.
रोमनांच्या ५०० वर्षांच्या सत्तेदरम्यान अथेन्स एक महत्त्वाचे शैक्षणिक व तत्त्वज्ञान केंद्र होते.