A Sleepy Town Awakens: The Civil Rights Movement in the Town of Plaquemine 1963

"When we catch Farmer, we're going to lynch him." On a warm night in Plaquemine, Louisiana, September 1, 1963, two young black girls heard State Troopers utter these words. What was later coined "Plaquemine Riot of 1963" was the civil rights demonstration, march, protest, brick/bottle throwing, State Troopers on horseback with cattle prods, tear gas and fire hoses unleashed on all concerned. Plymouth Rock Baptist Church was ground zero for the Civil Rights struggle, activism, and voter regi...