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Jimmie Lee Jackson

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Without Jimmy's death where would they be? The courage of Jimmie Lee Jackson led to one of the greatest events in American history, The March to Montgomery. This march sparked the movement of The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which changed lives for coloreds extremely. Without the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson they would have never had the courage to take the march to Montgomery, and earn their right to vote. His killing was a milestone in the Civil Rights movement. In 1965, there was nothing as dangerous as a nighttime protest in Alabama. Violence against Civil Right workers, marchers, peaceful protestors, could happen at anytime and the 500 people coming from the sanctuary of Zion United Methodist Church Feb. 18, 1965, were aware of it. Yet they

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