Greenville Eight

Greenville Eight
Greenville Eight
Part of the Civil Rights Movement; in South Carolina
Date	March 1, 1960 - September 19, 1960
Location	Greenville, South Carolina
Caused by	Racial segregation; segregation of public libraries;
Resulted in	Integration of city libraries
Parties
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Greenville Eight;	City of Greenville;
Lead figures
	Greenville NAACP vice president Reverend James S. Hall Jr.; Greenville Eight Jesse Jackson; Dorris Wright; Hattie Smith Wright; Elaine Means; Willie Joe Wright; Benjamin Downs; Margaree Seawright Crosby; Joan Mattison Daniel; Mayor J. Kenneth Cass; Greenville City Council;

The Greenville Eight was a group of African American students, seven in high school and one in college,^[1] that successfully protested the segregated library system in Greenville, South Carolina in 1960. Among the eight was Jesse Jackson, a college freshman. As a result of the staged sit-in, the library system in the city integrated.

^ Wiegand, Wayne (2018). The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0807168684. OCLC 1031468850. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[Wiegand-1] Wiegand, Wayne (2018). The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0807168684. OCLC 1031468850. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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