Mr. Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners, six young Negroes, were convicted of breach of the peace for peacefully playing basketball in a public park in Savannah, Georgia, on the early afternoon of Monday, January 23,1961. The record is devoid of evidence of any activity which a breach of the peace statute might be thought to p…
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