Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
What happened with Jeremiah Reeves that angered the black community?
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Jeremiah Reeves, was arrested for raping a white housewife. Reeves confessed and then the police expanded the charges. Blacks were furious. An all-white jury sentenced Reeves to die. Even if Reeves was guilty, he had not killed anyone. The verdict made many of the students radical, as Reeves had been admired.