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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Evelyn Pierce following her arrest for her 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 shotIndividual(s) identified in the photograph include Pierce, EvelynClassified 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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Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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Digital Library of Georgia