The Tougaloo Nine: The Jackson Library Sit-In at the Crossroads of Civil War and Civil Rights - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:M. J. O'Brien, Bennie Thompson (Foreword by)Publish date:11/4/2025Pages:488
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496856036ISBN-10:1496856031UPC:9781496856036Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:State & Local, AmericanSize:9.42 x 6.48 x 1.65 inchesWeight:2.0415Product ID:SCM0WP70JG
The Tougaloo Nine: The Jackson Library Sit-In at the Crossroads of Civil War and Civil Rights
During a dramatic three-day period in March 1961, nine students from historically Black Tougaloo College staged sit-ins at the all-White Main Library in Jackson, Mississippi. The students conducted their protest and were arrested, held in jail overnight, and convicted of "breach of peace"--the first time that charge had ever been brought in a Mississippi courtroom. Meanwhile, students at Jackson...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496856036ISBN-10:1496856031UPC:9781496856036Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:State & Local, AmericanSize:9.42 x 6.48 x 1.65 inchesWeight:2.0415Product ID:SCM0WP70JG
M. J. O'Brien is a writer and researcher who served for twenty-five years as the chief communications and public relations officer for a national not-for-profit cooperative. He is author of the award-winning We Shall Not Be Moved: The Jackson Woolworth's Sit-In and the Movement It Inspired, published by University Press of Mississippi.
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