Jimmie Lee Jackson's Page

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General and Education :  

Jimmy Lee Jackson, born in Marion, was a farmer and woodcutter who lived in poverty with his sister, mother, and grandfather in a house with no running water. Jackson was the youngest deacon in the history of Marion's St. James Baptist Church and was active in its voter registration drive.

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Profession :  the former soldier was the youngest deacon in his church, the father of young daughter, and worked as a laborer.

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Organization and memberships:

The Zion United Methodist Church was my church. "In the weeks following Jackson’s death, the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) organized a march from Selma to Montgomery, the state capitol. An SCLC brochure explained that Jackson’s death was “the catalyst that produced the march to Montgomery.”

Signature Qoute :

“a martyred hero of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity” (King, 3 March 1965).

Goal : The right for black people in the South to vote.

Unfortunately he died fighting for this goal but his death helped him bring about more marches that led to the voting right act of 1965.