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They held a 'read-in' at a whites-only library in 1961 and helped end segregation. Meet the Tougaloo Nine.

October 06, 2021
Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY They held a 'read-in' at a whites-only library in 1961 and helped end segregation. Meet the Tougaloo Nine.

A "read-in'' led by the students who became known as the Tougaloo Nine inspired a Black youth activism movement in Mississippi.

     

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