Jimmie Lee Jackson
Deceased Person
1938 – 1965
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Who was Jimmie Lee Jackson?
Jimmie Lee Jackson was a civil rights protestor who was shot and killed by Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler in 1965. Jackson was unarmed. His death inspired the Selma to Montgomery marches, an important event in the American Civil Rights movement. He was 26 years old.
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