Tougaloo Nine

The Jackson Municipal Library Sign on the Mississippi Freedom Trail

The Tougaloo Nine were a group of African-American students at Tougaloo College, who participated in civil disobedience by staging sit-ins of segregated public institutions in Mississippi in 1961.[1]

  1. ^ "Freedom Riders, Tougalou Nine reflect on the great events of 1961". Jackson Advocate. Retrieved 2 June 2017.