The young man’s grandfather had been badly beaten by police and Jackson and his mother were trying to care for the elderly man, when they were once again confronted. When Jimmie Lee saw his ...

They were marching for the right to vote and in protest of the tragic death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, who had died ... trooper as he tried to protect his mother from police violence.

A little over a month before the event took place, during a peaceful protest, police assaulted Jackson on February 18, 1965. To protect his mother, her 26-year-old son, Jimmie Lee Jackson ...

resulting in the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson after a trooper named James B. Fowler shot Jackson as he tried to protect his mother when they and others had been chased into a cafe. Jackson was 26.

They were seeking the right to vote and protesting the tragic death of Jimmie Lee Jackson ... Jackson was beaten and shot by ...

Republicans Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, respectively ... sworn in to the seat of the late Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Several Democrats have already entered the race for that safely ...

Liuzzo , who had been involved with the NAACP, saw the bloody Sunday massacre in Alabama, the shooting of Jimmie Lee Jackson protecting his mother from the vicious treatment and violence of the ...

Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther denied bond for Herrington during a Thursday livestreamed hearing in Oxford ...

As a twentysomething freelance journalist at the Birmingham News, James "Spider" Martin was tasked with capturing these moments with his camera, after state troopers shot and killed civil rights ...

She said he was the spark to the movement, and Jimmy Lee Jackson was the martyr and the beacon of the 1965 marches. The event was hosted by Rev. Mark Thompson, former host of “Make It Plain.” ...