Police response to the Dec. 15, 1961, protest set the foundation for a Supreme Court case against bias in law enforcement. In 1965, the high court ruled protesters could not be punished for “peacefully expressing unpopular views.”
, a pivotal civil rights group, had come to help them organize. For months, they trained students on how to plan demonstrations and to protect themselves against violence.Jasper Colt, USA TODAY
“At some point, we made the decision that in order to dramatize how terrible the system is and how much change is needed, we’re going to have to decide to go to jail over the Christmas holidays,” said, then a 19-year-old sophomore at Southern University and vice chair of CORE in Baton Rouge. District Attorney Sargent Pitcher issued a warning: Anyone caught picketing would be arrested and “fully prosecuted.”Each carried signs to their destinations: “We tried to talk — now we walk.” “This store discriminates — don’t buy here.”“They stopped me after about 25 steps or so,” said Joe L. Smith, then sophomore class president at Southern University. "It didn’t take five minutes for me to get arrested.
The Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox, a CORE field secretary, had assumed leadership following Moore’s arrest. He informed police Chief Wingate White of the protesters’ agenda. Weldon Rougeau, 78, took part in civil rights demonstrations as a student at Southern University in 1961. He is pictured here in August 2021.“It was very inspiring,” Rougeau recalled. “It said, ‘Hey, we have not been forgotten.’”
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