Jimmy Lee Jackson Friday, Dec. 16, 1938

Jimmy Lee Jackson Memorial#: 100000154


Date of Birth	Friday Dec. 16, 1938	85 Years 9 Months 20 Days ago
Date of Death	Friday Feb. 26, 1965	59 Years 7 Months 10 Days ago
Life Duration:		26 Years 2 Months 10 Days

Jimmy Lee Jackson

Jimmie Lee Jackson was beaten and shot by Alabama state trooper James Bonard Fowler as he participated in a walk from the Zion United Methodist Church in Marion, Alabama to the Perry County Courthouse where James Orange, a civil rights worker, was being held.

He was killed while protecting his mother and grandfather from being attacked by Alabama state troopers.

Heard Cemetery

36756

Marion AL 36756

County: Perry

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