August 17, 2017
The "Tougaloo Nine" attended the private Tougaloo College, just north of Jackson, where they staged a nonviolent sit-in at the city's main library that was reserved for white people. Photo courtesy Flickr/Social_Stratification
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Civil Rights Marker Honors Challenge to Library Segregation
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