The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the convictions of sixteen African American students who had been arrested for participating in a peaceful lunch counter sit-in in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The students had been charged with disturbing the peace after protesting racial segregation.
In Garner v. Louisiana, the Court, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, ruled unanimously that the convictions violated the students’ constitutional rights. The decision was a significant legal victory for the Civil Rights Movement, reinforcing the protection of peaceful protest under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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