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Tougaloo (TUG-a-lu) is an area in Jackson and in Hinds County, Mississippi. Its ZIP Code, 39174, is assigned to the area encompassing Tougaloo College, which is in Madison County. The U.S. Postal Service operates the Tougaloo Post Office.
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Tougaloo College is a private historically black college in...
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The Tougaloo Nine were commemorated on-field at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi. In 1962, partially as a result of this event, the American Library Association membership adopted the "Statement on Individual Membership, Chapter Status and Institutional Membership" which stated that membership in the association and its chapters had to be open to everyone regardless of race, religion, or ...
5. Mai 2021 · Quick Facts. Location: Tougaloo College is located in the unincorporated area historically referred to as Tougaloo, Mississippi, ten miles north of downtown Jackson, just across the county line in Madison County, but within the city limits of Jackson. Designation: National Register of Historic Places. OPEN TO PUBLIC:
31. Mai 2022 · Learn how nine students from Tougaloo Southern Christian College, a private, historically Black school, challenged racial segregation at the public library in Jackson, Mississippi. See photos, videos and interviews of the Tougaloo Nine and their mentor Medgar Evers.
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6. Okt. 2019 · The Tougaloo Nine were nine students who, in 1961 while undergraduates at Tougaloo College, staged sit-ins at the all-white Jackson Main Library in Jackson, Mississippi. Prior to the sit-ins, African Americans were prohibited from using the city’s main library.
Tougaloo College was founded in 1869 by the American Missionary Association, a nondenominational Christian organization that sought to provide educational facilities for some of Mississippi’s former slaves. The association’s agent, Allen P. Huggins, found land north of Jackson, and the school bought the Boddie Plantation, including five hundred acres of land and the house, for […]
