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The Death of Jimmie Lee Jackson
A look into the Civil Rights-era shooting death of Jimmie Lee Jackson
Mattie Atkins holds up a sign in the Perry County Courthouse in support of the indictment in the case of the 1965 death of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Photo: Rob Carr/Associated Press
Decades later, the quest for justice
On Wednesday, a grand jury in Marion took two hours to return an indictment in a case that is 42 years old. James Bonard Fowler, from Geneva, stands accused of murder in the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson. A trial date has yet to be set.
May 13, 2007 |  0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Witnesses recall the events of violent night
The incident in Marion that led to the shooting of Jimmie Lee Jackson is well documented in history books. Most accounts say a peaceful nighttime march turned into a melee when street lights went dark, and law enforcement and local thugs waded into the crowd, beating people with fists and billy clubs.
May 17, 2007 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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A page from an emergency room logbook records the treatment of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Photo: Donnie Coffee/Courtesy of Old Depot Museum, Selma
Hospital logbook offers a glimpse of history
In sterile language used amid the chaos of an emergency room, the truncated story of a violent night that eventually ended Jimmie Lee Jackson's life is written in red ink.
May 17, 2007 |  0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Attending doctor: Jackson killed by anesthesia dosage
The physician who attended to Jimmie Lee Jackson after he was shot by an Alabama state trooper during an historic 1965 civil rights-era melee said in a 27-year-old interview that Jackson died as a result of an overdose of anesthesia.
May 25, 2007 |  0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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1964 slayings headed to trial in Mississippi
James Ford Seale, 71, has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and conspiracy in connection with the 1964 abduction and slaying of 19-year-olds Charles Moore and Henry Dee. His federal trial is set to begin today in Jackson, Miss.
May 30, 2007 |  0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dear Gov. Robert Bentley,

If asked to name your favorite sports team, do NOT follow the lead of this Republican governor.

Politico reports on this comment from Chris Christie: "My favorite football team is not the New York Giants. It’s not the New York Jets. And it’s not the Philadelphia Eagles. No, get ready now. My favorite football team are the Dallas Cowboys.”

Did we mention Christie is the governor of New Jersey. That would be like the governor of Alabama saying his favorite team was Notre Dame.

- Bob Davis
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