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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 died eight days later in the hospital.
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.
Feb 27, 2015 · On the night of Feb. 18, 1965, Jackson was shot by a state trooper, James Bonard Fowler, while he was coming to the aid of his mother who had been brutally beaten during a voting rights march. Jackson died eight days later at a hospital in neighboring Selma.
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.
May 20, 2021 · Fists. Feet. Nightsticks. Bottles. Cattle prods. And a single shot from an Alabama state trooper's revolver that ripped through Jackson’s stomach as he tried to shield his mother from the...
The protesters scattered, and Jackson sought refuge in a cafe, where he was shot in the stomach by Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler. Jackson died in a hospital eight days later, on the...
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.
Nov 16, 2010 · Mr. Fowler will face six months in prison for the fatal shooting of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a 26-year-old civil rights marcher who died after a confrontation with the police in Marion, Ala. His...
Quick Facts. Significance: Martyr of the Civil Rights Movement. Place of Birth: Marion, Alabama. Date of Birth: December 16, 1938. Place of Death: Selma, Alabama. Date of Death: February 26, 1965. Place of Burial: Perry County, Alabama. Cemetery Name: Heard Cemetery.
Aug 20, 2020 · Jimmie Lee Jackson was fatally shot by a state trooper at a civil rights protest on Feb. 18, 1965. On Feb. 3, 1965, the conference staged an event with great lens appeal, leading hundreds of black children on a march around Marion’s colonnaded antebellum courthouse.
