"Faces of courage: The Courageous 12."
By Frank Drouzas, The Weekly Challenger, Feb. 25, 2016.
(The Weekly Challenger remembers the 50th anniversary of the "Courageous 12," a group of St. Petersburg African-American police officers who sued the city for discrimination. The lawsuit was filed on May 11, 1965 and the officers won the case on appeal in August 1968.)
Excerpt:
“In 1965, Jackson, along with black officers Adam Baker, Freddie Crawford, Raymond DeLoach, Charles Holland, Robert Keys, Primus Killen, James King, Johnnie B. Lewis, Horace Nero, Jerry Styles and Nathaniel Wooten filed a landmark lawsuit against the city for discrimination on the (Police) force.
For refusing to accept the status quo, for going head-to-head with the system and for ultimately opening the door of opportunity for future generations of black officers, they came to be known collectively as the courageous 12.”