Ole Miss student who led charge to relocate Confederate monument on campus named Rhodes Scholar

OXFORD, Miss. (WMC) - An Ole Miss senior is making history as the university’s first African-American female Rhodes Scholar. She also pushed for a confederate monument on campus to be relocated, and that process took a big step forward Friday.

Arielle Hudson is an education major at Ole Miss and in late November was chosen as one of 32 candidates from across the US to participate in the prestigious global program at the University of Oxford in the UK. Hudson, a Tunica native, said she hopes her selection sends a message to younger students in the Mississippi Delta.

“I think I’m pretty much still in shock,” said Hudson.

Hudson said she’s still stunned that she’s a Rhodes Scholar. Hudson becomes Ole Miss’ 27th Rhodes Scholar and the university’s first African-American woman to receive the honor.

“To be the first African-American woman, it shows how much progress is being made not only in Mississippi but also within our world,” she said.

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