‘We had to send a message’
1969 Black Student Association members recount experiences at University of Memphis
Carolyn Goodwin-Willett (from left), David Acey and James De'Ke Pope gather in the University of Memphis administration building Friday, April 12, 2019, to discuss their experiences during the 1969 Black Student Association sit-in protest in which 109 students were arrested. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
Some of the 109 BSA members arrested in the University of Memphis administration building 50 years ago this month returned Friday as a plaque noting the sit-in protest was unveiled where they were handcuffed in 1969.
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