JACKSON, Miss. ( WJTV ) – The Two Mississippi Museums honored the Tougaloo Nine during an annual ceremony on March 29.
Saturday marked 64 years since the nine students from Tougaloo College decided to sit in an all-white library in downtown Jackson in protest of Jim Crow laws. They were arrested after refusing to leave.
Jerry Keahey, who took an infamous photo of the Tougaloo Nine, was an honorary speaker during Saturday’s event. He hopes the younger generations will remember the sacrifice of those during the Civil Rights Movement…