Phillip Lafayette Gibbs

Death by Force

Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, a 21-year-old pre-law student at Jackson State College, was tragically killed on May 15, 1970, during an incident that has come to be known as the Jackson State killings. The event occurred against a backdrop of heightened racial tensions and widespread protests across the United States, particularly in response to the Vietnam War and the recent Kent State shootings. On the night of May 14, 1970, a group of students gathered on Lynch Street, a major thoroughfare that bis ...Read More

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