Hezekiah Watkins is a life long Jackson, Mississippi resident and civil rights activist. At 13, he was arrested and placed on death row for watching the arrival of Freedom Riders in Jackson, Mississippi. Robert Luckett, Director of the Margaret Walker Center, explains why history forgets the Gibbs-Green police murders that happened on Jackson State's Campus and more of our walking tour through Jackson, Mississippi. Frank Figgers is the Jackson, Mississippi NAACP Chapter President and he give...
Hezekiah Watkins is a life long Jackson, Mississippi resident and civil rights activist. At 13, he was arrested and placed on death row for watching the arrival of Freedom Riders in Jackson, Mississippi.
Robert Luckett, Director of the Margaret Walker Center, explains why history forgets the Gibbs-Green police murders that happened on Jackson State's Campus and more of our walking tour through Jackson, Mississippi.
Frank Figgers is the Jackson, Mississippi NAACP Chapter President and he gives the detailed history behind the NAACP's building and Medgar Evers' office.
Minnie Watson is the Director of the Medgar Evers House, which is owned and operated by Tougaloo College, and she talks about the life and death of the famous civil rights icon Medgar Evers and the house he and his family lived in.
Isaiah Poole is the Online Editor at Campaign For America's Future and he joins the Peoples Tour to talk about his experiences and how economic justice is part of the civil rights movement.
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