In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, approximately 1,500 Black demonstrators gathered to protest segregation and racial injustice. In response, police used tear gas and leashed dogs to disperse the peaceful crowd—many of whom were high school students and community members. This aggressive suppression was part of a broader pattern of violent resistance to civil rights activism in the South.
Despite the brutality, such demonstrations helped expose the harsh realities of racial discrimination and fueled the growing momentum of the national Civil Rights Movement.
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