Student Protest at Delta State College in March 1969

Today, legal and institutionally supported racial segregation within places of higher learning feels like a thing of the past. Yet, integration and increased representation of students of color, especially Black students, did not come easily in the Mississippi Delta even after racial segregation was outlawed.

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https://mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/delta-state-protest
Author
Arlene Sanders, Carrie Freshour, and Sykina Butts
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Delta State Protest