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Black History Month: The Tougaloo Nine try integrating local library through read-in


Black History Month: The Tougaloo Nine try integrating local library through read-in
Black History Month: The Tougaloo Nine try integrating local library through read-in
By Quentin Smith | February 25, 2021 at 11:15 PM CST - Updated February 28 at 10:24 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Outside the old Jackson Municipal Library on State Street sits a Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker honoring the courageous efforts of nine Tougaloo College students.
In March of 1961, the students, Joseph Jackson Jr., Geraldine Edwards Hollis, Albert Lassiter, Alfred Cook, Ethel Sawyer, Evelyn Pierce, Janice Jackson, James “Sammy” Bradford, and Meredith C. Anding Jr. weren’t allowed to access the library due to the color of their skin. ....

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