Posts Tagged ‘Tougaloo’

Nazi-Trained German Shepherds Provide ‘Law, Order’

In Archival Newspapers on 27 April 2008 tagged sit-ins, Tougaloo with 1 comment

On March 27, 1961, nine black college students from Tougaloo College walked into the whites-only main branch of the Jackson public library, sat down and began reading books. The Tougaloo Nine — four women and five men, all members of a NAACP youth council — were arrested and charged with breach of peace, just as […]