On this day in 1961, nine Black Tougaloo College students held a sit-in at the all-white Jackson Municipal Library.
On this day in 1961 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 27, 2024 March 27, 1961 Nine Black students from Tougaloo College entered the all-white Jackson Municipal Library and sat down. Police arrived and ordered them to go to the “colored” library, but when they refused, police arrested them.
The sit-in inspired other protests across Mississippi, including at Jackson State University, where students, including Dorie and Joyce Ladner, were expelled for their activism. The NAACP filed a lawsuit against the library, which a federal court ordered to desegregate. Photos of the Tougaloo Nine now hang in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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