Greenville Eight
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The Greenville Eight was a group of African American students, seven in high school and one in college, that successfully protested the segregated library system in Greenville, South Carolina in 1960. Among the eight was Jesse Jackson, a college freshman. As a result of the staged sit-in, the library system in the city integrated.
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Greenville Eight
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*Racial segregation; segregation of public libraries
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*Mayor J. Kenneth Cass
*Greenville City Council
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Greenville NAACP vice president
*Reverend James S. Hall Jr.
Greenville Eight
*Jesse Jackson
*Dorris Wright
*Hattie Smith Wright
*Elaine Means
*Willie Joe Wright
*Benjamin Downs
*Margaree Seawright Crosby
*Joan Mattison Daniel
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in South Carolina
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the Civil Rights Movement
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Integration of city libraries
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*City of Greenville
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*National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
*Greenville Eight
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Greenville Eight
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The Greenville Eight was a group of African American students, seven in high school and one in college, that successfully protested the segregated library system in Greenville, South Carolina in 1960. Among the eight was Jesse Jackson, a college freshman. As a result of the staged sit-in, the library system in the city integrated.
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