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JUNE 17, 1965: PROTEST FOR VOTING RIGHTS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Five-year-old Anthony Quin and his mother and siblings protested against the election of five Mississippi Congressmen from districts where Black people were not allowed to vote. Refused admittance, they sat on the steps and police-instigated mayhem ensued.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/voting-rights-protest-jackson
