Demonstrators protest against the arrest of twelve protesters. The protesters were arrested for blocking the entrance to the Jefferson Bank which was a violation to the restraining order obtained by the bank.
Demonstrators inside the bank are listening to Joseph McDonnell, executive vice president of the bank, as her reads the injunction issued by Circuit Judge Michael J. Scott.
Customers and employees walk over demonstrators as they sit and block the doorway in protest of the racist hiring practices of the Jefferson Bank and Trust.
Three demonstrators lie in front of a police department truck as it pulls away from the curb with a load of persons arrested during a resumption of civil rights demonstrations at the Jefferson Bank and Trust Company.
Police utility men place a limp demonstrator (above) on a stretcher as they begin removing persons seated on the floor of the bank. They sat beneath signs posting new banking rules and warning demonstrators of court order.
Demonstrators protested against the lack of African Americans holding white collar position at the Bank. At the time, out of the 80 employees there only 2 were Black: one was a custodian and the other was a messenger.
Six more Jefferson Bank and Trust Co. racial demonstrators were jailed Thursday on orders of Circuit Judge Michael J. Scott for criminal contempt of court.