On this day in 1965, activists embarked on a march from Selma to Montgomery in response to the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson

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On this day in 1965, activists embarked on a march from Selma to Montgomery in response to the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson

On March 7, 1965, approximately 600 activists embarked on a 54-mile journey from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital. Their march was a response to the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, who had been fatally shot three weeks earlier by a state trooper while shielding his mother during a civil rights demonstration. Upon reaching […]

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