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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. Jackson ...
Apr 3, 2014 · 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.
Jimmie Lee Jackson was born in Marion, Alabama, on 16 December 1938. At age 26, the former soldier was the youngest deacon in his church, the father of a young daughter, and worked as a laborer. Throughout late 1963 and 1964, local black activists in Selma and nearby Marion campaigned for their right to vote.
Feb 27, 2015 · Nearly a century later, Jimmie Lee Jackson’s death reflects the damage created by the Colfax massacre and the resulting Supreme Court decision: For over 40 years, before Fowler pled guilty to misdemeanor manslaughter for Jackson’s killing, he would not face any measure of justice for his crime. Fowler was ultimately sentenced to six months ...
When Jimmie Lee Jackson saw his frail 80-year-old grandfather rudely turned away from the registrar’s office in 1962 after attempting to register to vote in Marion, Ala., the young man became angry. He knew he had to join the civil rights movement. On Feb. 18, 1965, he was among more than 200 people participating in a night march in Marion.
Jimmie Lee Jackson: The Murder that Sparked the Selma to Montgomery Marches of 1965. 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.
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. Determined to make the most of his life, Jackson took up logging and farming to ...
Jimmie Lee Jackson, was a Vietnam veteran, Baptist deacon, activist and martyr of the Civil Rights Movement. Jackson, active in the fight for equal rights, had tried multiple times to register to vote in Alabama and was denied each time. On February 18, 1965, he attended a meeting at Zion Chapel Methodist Church, followed by a vigil in support ...
May 3, 2017 · On February 18, 1965, Alabama State Trooper James Fowler, fatally shot Jimmie Lee Jackson, the 26-year-old African-American victim, following a civil rights protest in Marion, Alabama. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he died on February 26, 1965, of an abdominal infection secondary to a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Mar 6, 2015 · The rising racial tensions finally bubbled over into bloodshed in the nearby town of Marion on February 18, 1965, when state troopers clubbed protestors and fatally shot 26-year-old Jimmie Lee ...
