THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/18/17
Unsung heroes, ‘Tougaloo Nine’ honored for integration effort
Rachel Maddow reports on a new marker on Mississippi’s Freedom Trail honoring the Tougaloo Nine, black students who staged a “read in” at a whites-only library and endured arrest and imprisonment for their trouble, but inspired countless others to work toward integration. Duration: 3:07
Published on Aug 18, 2017
Rachel Maddow reports on a new marker on Mississippi’s Freedom Trail honoring the Tougaloo Nine, black students who staged a “read in” at a whites-only library and endured arrest and imprisonment for their trouble, but inspired countless others.
‘Tougaloo Nine’ honored with Freedom Trail marker | Gallery https://t.co/bC2vKNHVHl via @clarionledger Thu August 17 2017 #TougalooNine pic.twitter.com/xKZatzB447
— Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) August 19, 2017
.@GreggHarper and I visiting the marker dedicated to the Tougaloo 9 who was arrested in 1961 after a sit-in at the then-segregated library. pic.twitter.com/9G9AQ9pGIR
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) August 18, 2017
Desegregating Libraries in the American South
Forgotten heroes in civil rights history #TougalooNine @amlibraries https://t.co/0fBofgqpbd pic.twitter.com/Cq33x3jITz— Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) August 19, 2017
The #TougalooNine Remembered
A Civil Rights pioneer recalls the 1961 read-in in Jackson, Mississippi
June 26, 2017https://t.co/QN48a6OKWL pic.twitter.com/zUQevKqJVp— Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) August 19, 2017
Desegregating Public Libraries: The untold stories of civil rights heroes in the Jim Crow South By George M. Eberhart @amlibraries | June 25, 2018https://t.co/gra1f7U9Ec
“Resolution to Honor African Americans Who Fought Library Segregation” passed by @ALALibrary June 24 2018 pic.twitter.com/xqHxIqKCn8— Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) June 26, 2018
FROM JULY 3, 2018: ALA Honors African Americans Who Fought Library Segregation https://t.co/sszgwIGRFY pic.twitter.com/ss59krNbUQ
— Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) August 16, 2018
The Alexandria Library sit-in was the first in the US | American Libraries Magazine https://t.co/h21vRov1nr pic.twitter.com/BZ0LYONzeu
— Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) August 24, 2018
Additional resources at African Americans in Libraries and Librarianship.
