In July 1963, approximately 200 African American youth met in downtown Americus, Georgia, to peacefully protest local segregation. After sanctioning violent attacks by a white mob, police moved in to arrest the young protesters. While some protesters were shortly released, 35 African American girls found themselves held in an abandoned Civil War-era prison for almost two months. Known as the “Stolen Girls” or the “Leesburg Stockade Girls,” this incident represented both traditions of youth social justice activism and the heavy hand of white authorities in shaping civil rights politics throughout the Deep South Continue reading Revisit: THE STOLEN GIRLS