The TOUGALOO NINE by Dale Ricardo Shields [Research] Page 1 – 6 Nine students from Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. staged a “read-in” at a Whites-only library in March of 1961. Police arrested them when they refused to move across the street to the “Colored” library and each was charged …
FANNIE LOU HAMER ✨ National Women’s History Month. “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS American voting and women’s rights activist, community organizer, and leader in the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. – [Wikipedia] …
The Scottsboro Boys The nine African American teenagers were falsely accused of raping two White women in (1931) Alabama. by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “No case has ever caused so much protest or outrage in the history of the United States.” An American Tragedy: The Scottsboro Boys’ Trial SCOTTSBORO BOYS TRIAL AND DEFENSE …
