On this day in 1962, the Jackson Nonviolent Movement and the youth council of the Jackson NAACP organized a protest against the Mississippi State Fair. The state fair was segregated and only open to black patrons on selected days. The boycott was successful and only three percent of African Americans attended the fair. The footage below shows the boycott outside the gates of the fairground, courtesy of WLBT 3 On Your Side and Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Learn more about the Mis
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On this day in 1962, the Jackson Nonviolent Movement and the youth council of the Jackson NAACP organized a protest against the Mississippi State Fair. The state fair was
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. . On this day in 1962, the Jackson Nonviolent Movement and the youth council of the Jackson NAACP organized a protest against the Mississippi State Fair. The state fair was segregated and only open to black patrons on selected days. The boycott was successful and only three percent of African Americans attended ...
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