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On this day in 1962, Southern University in Baton Rouge closed over student protest

Summary by Mississippi Today
Jan. 18, 1962 Jackson Police photograph of Dion Diamond after his 1961 arrest for integrating a Mississippi bus station terminal. Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Officials at Southern University at Baton Rouge, Louisiana — under pressure from the state — closed the doors after students protested those kicked out of school for taking part in sit-ins.  State police occupied the campus to try and end these pro…
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