Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) was an African American civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist...
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and the case of former state trooper James Bonard Fowler, who was charged with the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson. "Mr. Michael W Jackson Profile | Selma...
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1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on...
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neighborhood within the United States that practices or once practiced a form of racial segregation characterized by intimidation, hostility, or violence among...
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Sundown town (redirect from Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism)
that practiced or still practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation...
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convicted of second-degree murder on May 17, 1990. The other main defendant in the case, Keith Mondello, was acquitted on May 18, 1990, on murder and manslaughter...
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Strange Fruit (category History of African-American civil rights)
into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978. It was also included in the "Songs of the Century" list of the Recording Industry Association of America and the National...
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On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood...
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who was murdered by members of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. He is buried at New Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Letohatchee, Alabama. On the night of January...
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criminal indictment against Smith on the charges of perjury based on the statements of Joseph Jackson and Robert Foster. A second indictment, for “fornication...
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