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1966 Alcorn A&M University race riots...
1966 Alcorn A&M University race riots...
Item # 725422
April 06, 1966
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. April 6, 1966
* Alcorn A&M University race riots
* Lorman, Mississippi black college
* "Freedom March" protest vs. police
* Charles Evers - civil rights activist
The front page has a three column photo with heading: "Demonstrators Taunt Mississippi Police"
The top of page 4 has a two column heading: "Tear Gas Used Again On Mississippi Campus" (see images)
Complete with 42 pages, nice condition.
background: The events of April 4, 1966, represented a violent peak in the Alcorn A&M conflict, as a massive "freedom march" of nearly 2,000 protesters—including college students and local schoolchildren led by Charles Evers—converged on the campus in open defiance of a state court injunction. The atmosphere turned volatile when demonstrators surrounded the home of President Dr. John D. Boyd, prompting a swift and aggressive intervention by the Mississippi Highway Patrol, who utilized shotguns as prods and deployed rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowds and clear the dormitories. This specific day transformed the campus into a literal battleground, resulting in dozens of arrests and several injuries, as the state’s militarized response to student grievances underscored the extreme lengths to which authorities would go to suppress civil rights activism within Mississippi’s higher education system.
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