Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Lee Cook following his arrest for his participation in a sit-in at a library in Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 March 27
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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
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Library sit-in mug shot. The sit-in took place on March 27, 1961 at the main branch of the Jackson, Mississippi public library. Cook was one of the Tougaloo Nine.Individual(s) identified in the photograph include Cook, Alfred LeeClassified by the Sovereignty Commission as Integration OrganizationsThe Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Men
- African American Social Reformers
- African Americans
- Arrest
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Demonstrations
- History
- Identification Photographs
- Jackson
- Jackson (Miss.)
- Libraries
- Mississippi
- Passive Resistance
- Race Relations
- Segregation
- Sit Ins