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Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) was an African American civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church. On 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.
3 de abr. de 2014 · Best Known For: Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by an Alabama state trooper in 1965; his death inspired a civil rights demonstration that led to the Voting Rights Act. Industries;...
Jackson, Jimmie Lee. December 16, 1938 to February 26, 1965. 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.
20 de may. de 2021 · Jessica Koscielniak, USA TODAY. As the nation nears one year since the death of George Floyd, who inspired another national outcry for racial equality, USA TODAY looks at Jackson's story to ...
27 de feb. de 2015 · Jimmie Lee Jackson in an undated family photo. But a discernible line connects Jackson’s killing to events that took place almost 100 years before, in Colfax, La. — events that ultimately, and drastically, impacted the federal government’s ability to prosecute racially motivated crimes.
Jimmie Lee Jackson was a 26-year-old father, deacon, activist, and martyr of the Civil Rights Movement. Born in Marion, Alabama, to Viola Jackson, he graduated high school and initially moved to Indiana but returned to his hometown after his father's passing.
On February 26, 1965, Alabama civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson died after he was brutally beaten and shot by Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler during a peaceful voting rights march on February 18, 1965. His death would spark the Selma to Montgomery marches, organized by Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Director of ...
