jimmy lee Jackson
By-Steven Seagal
Born in Alabama in 1938, Jimmie Lee Jackson became, sadly a very forgotten part of the civil rights movement part of the Civil Rights Movement as a young man. After taking place in a peaceful protest in Alabama on the night of February 1965, he was shot by a state trooper. He died a few days prior to the incident. His death then inspired a voting rights march, the violence at that protest, known as "Bloody Sunday" made more Americans like civil rights, and made it possible to pass 1965's Voting Rights Act.
On December 16, 1938, Jimmie Lee Jackson was born in Marion, Alabama, a pretty small town located near Selma. After fighting in the Vietnam War then spending time in Indiana, he returned to his hometown. While There, he made about $6 a day as a worker and woodcutter.
Jackson became a church deacon, the youngest one at his Baptist church, and after that had a daughter. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, he also tried to vote for the first time in his life. He made several attempts to register as a voter, but never got past the many walls and hurdles that had been set up to keep African Americans from casting ballots.
On February 18, 1965,Mr.Jackson took part in a peaceful night march in Marion, held to protest the earlier arrest of James Orange, a field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. However, even nonviolent protests and protesters were opposed by the racist segregationists who sadly held power in Alabama. That night, the town's streetlights were turned off, under the cover of darkness, the wimpy police and state troopers attacked the protesters with clubs because they apparently have to have a weapon to win a fight,which sent the protesters fleeing in all different directions.
Still pursued by officers, Jackson and other protesters went into a restaurant called Mack's Cafe. While there, Jackson was shot in the stomach by James Bonard Fowler, a state trooper. Witnesses recounted that Jackson had supposedly been protecting his mother and 82-year-old grandfather from the troopers and police. Fowler then claimed he had been acting in self-defense, trying to keep Jackson from grabbing his gun.
The wounded Jackson was first taken to a local hospital, then sent to a hospital in Selma. He hung onto life for a week before dying from his infected gunshot wound on February 26, 1965. He was so young, only 26 years old. Though Al Lingo, head of the state troopers, had after the incident sent an arrest warrant to Jackson while he was in the hospital, Fowler had faced no punishment, and was gladly allowed to continue in his job.
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Born in Alabama in 1938, Jimmie Lee Jackson became, sadly a very forgotten part of the civil rights movement part of the Civil Rights Movement as a young man. After taking place in a peaceful protest in Alabama on the night of February 1965, he was shot by a state trooper. He died a few days prior to the incident. His death then inspired a voting rights march, the violence at that protest, known as "Bloody Sunday" made more Americans like civil rights, and made it possible to pass 1965's Voting Rights Act.
On December 16, 1938, Jimmie Lee Jackson was born in Marion, Alabama, a pretty small town located near Selma. After fighting in the Vietnam War then spending time in Indiana, he returned to his hometown. While There, he made about $6 a day as a worker and woodcutter.
Jackson became a church deacon, the youngest one at his Baptist church, and after that had a daughter. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, he also tried to vote for the first time in his life. He made several attempts to register as a voter, but never got past the many walls and hurdles that had been set up to keep African Americans from casting ballots.
On February 18, 1965,Mr.Jackson took part in a peaceful night march in Marion, held to protest the earlier arrest of James Orange, a field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. However, even nonviolent protests and protesters were opposed by the racist segregationists who sadly held power in Alabama. That night, the town's streetlights were turned off, under the cover of darkness, the wimpy police and state troopers attacked the protesters with clubs because they apparently have to have a weapon to win a fight,which sent the protesters fleeing in all different directions.
Still pursued by officers, Jackson and other protesters went into a restaurant called Mack's Cafe. While there, Jackson was shot in the stomach by James Bonard Fowler, a state trooper. Witnesses recounted that Jackson had supposedly been protecting his mother and 82-year-old grandfather from the troopers and police. Fowler then claimed he had been acting in self-defense, trying to keep Jackson from grabbing his gun.
The wounded Jackson was first taken to a local hospital, then sent to a hospital in Selma. He hung onto life for a week before dying from his infected gunshot wound on February 26, 1965. He was so young, only 26 years old. Though Al Lingo, head of the state troopers, had after the incident sent an arrest warrant to Jackson while he was in the hospital, Fowler had faced no punishment, and was gladly allowed to continue in his job.
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