Day 26 | A Moment of Gratitude: Freedom of Assembly and Petition

On March 2, 1961, 187 Black high school and college students gathered at the Zion Baptist Church in Columbia, SC. They walked in groups of 15 to the state house to petition for a change in the laws that restricted freedom and sanctioned discrimination. They were greeted by law enforcement officers and told they had a right to walk through the State Hous…