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  1. www.usatoday.com › in-depth › newsLike George Floyd, Jimmie Lee Jackson’s death sparked a movement

    May 20, 2021 · Anne Robinson, a cousin of Jimmie Lee Jackson, stands for a portrait after recalling memories of what happened the night Jackson was shot by an Alabama state trooper on Feb. 18, 1965 in Marion ...

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Murder_of_Jimmie_Lee_JacksonMurder of Jimmie Lee Jackson - Wikipedia

    Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) [1][2] 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.

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    May 24, 2021 · The story of Jimmie Lee’s life has been largely lost to time as the family members closest to him have died. Emma Jean Jackson declined to be interviewe­d for this story. But USA TODAY interviewe­d other relatives to get a glimpse into who he was. Cousin Anne Robinson, now 75, remembers his beautiful smile and how he let her and Emma borrow ...

  5. www.biography.com › activists › jimmie-lee-jacksonJimmie Lee Jackson - Movie, Death & Killer - Biography

    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.

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  7. freedomcenter.org › voice › death-sparked-selmaJimmie Lee Jackson: The Murder that Sparked the Selma to ...

    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.

  8. www.wearethemighty.com › mighty-history › army-vetAn Army vet’s murder was a milestone event of the Civil ...

    Oct 30, 2020 · By August, 1965, President Johnson was signing the Voting Rights Act into law. Fowler, the trooper who shot Jimmie Lee Jackson, was finally convicted of manslaughter for the shooting in 2011. Jimmie Lee Jackson was a 26-year-old Army veteran, civil rights activist, and deacon at his Marion, Alabama, church. In February, 1965, Jackson took part.

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  10. www.nytimes.com › 2007/05/10 › usIndictment in ’65 Killing That Inspired March - The New York ...

    May 10, 2007 · In February 1965, a black farmer, Jimmie Lee Jackson, 26, was shot by Alabama state troopers who were suppressing a voting rights demonstration in Marion in the Black Belt. Historians have said ...