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Jimmie Lee Jackson

Case from Marion, AL dated Feb 18, 1965

Victim Details

Jimmie Lee Jackson

Male

Black / African American

Marion

AL

1965-02-18

26

Jimmie

Lee Jackson

Yes

07/01/2026

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Jimmie Lee Jackson, a 26-year-old African American man, was a deacon in his Baptist church and a civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama. On the night of February 18, 1965, he participated in a peaceful protest march in his city. The march was organized to protest the arrest of a fellow civil rights worker. The demonstration was met with a violent response from Alabama State Troopers and local police, who began beating the unarmed marchers. In the ensuing chaos, Jackson, along with his mother a ...
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  • The Marshall Project: The Killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson
  • Southern Poverty Law Center: Jimmie Lee Jackson
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