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Bookmark or Share- Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson - WikipediaOn February 18, 1965, while unarmed and participating in a peaceful voting rights march in his city, he was beaten by troopers and fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper. Jackson died eight days later in the hospital.
- Jimmie Lee Jackson - Encyclopedia of AlabamaJimmie Lee Jackson Activist Jimmie Lee Jackson (1938-1965) is remembered for his tragic death at 26 years old at the hands of an Alabama state trooper during a small protest as part of the larger civil rights movement in Marion, Perry County.
- 59th Jubilee opens with annual wreath laying - Southern Poverty Law CenterFifty-nine years ago, Jimmie Lee Jackson joined a peaceful march in Marion, Alabama, just outside Selma, the epicenter of the 1960s voting rights movement. The 26-year-old was among thousands across the South who were standing up against Jim Crow in the face of certain violence and intimidation.
- Jackson, Jimmie Lee | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and ...On the night of 18 February 1965, an Alabama state trooper shot Jimmie Lee Jackson in the stomach as he tried to protect his mother from being beaten at Mack’s Café.
- Jimmie Lee Jackson – Profile of a Civil Rights Activist - SFMLK DayJimmie Lee Jackson: Civil rights activist whose tragic death in 1965 during a peaceful protest in Alabama galvanized the Selma to Montgomery marches and Voting Rights Act.
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