Pallbearers carry the casket of Jimmie Lee Jackson into a church in Marion, Ala., where a sign reads “Racism killed our brother.”
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Pallbearers carry the casket of Jimmie Lee Jackson into a church in Marion, Ala., where a sign reads “Racism killed our brother.”
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In 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson was an unarmed black civil rights activist who was murdered in Marion, Ala., after a peaceful protest. His murder brought newfound energy to the civil rights movement, leading to the march to Montgomery that ended in “Bloody Sunday.” This week, we share an episode we loved from White Lies as they look for answers to a murder that happened more than half a century ago.
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