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The Jackson Municipal Library Sit-In marker sits outside of the Jackson Municipal Library in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1961, the Tougaloo Nine quietly sat in at the Jackson Municipal Library, which served only white patrons. Police ordered them to Carver Library, the “colored” library, and when they refused, arrested them. Protests were held at the local HBCU, Jackson State University and in front of the city jail. The library sit-in inspired integration across the state.
In 1966, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) chairman Stokely Carmichael made his famous “Black Power” speech in Greenwood, Mississippi to an agltated crowd of about 600.
