On March 27, 1961, nine Tougaloo College students, dubbed as the Tougaloo Nine, Joseph Jackson, Jr., Geraldine Edwards, James Cleo Bradford, Evelyn Pierce, Albert Lassiter, Ethel Sawyer, Meredith Coleman Anding, Jr., Janice L Jackson, and Alfred Lee Cook attempted to integrate the Jackson Municipal Library, sparking a civil rights movement in Jackson, Mississippi. Students were […]
