An Alabama state trooper shot Jimmie Lee Jackson #OTD in 1965. He's been called “the first martyr” of the Selma voting rights struggle, and his death inspired activists to march.
That march became Bloody Sunday, which led to the VRA: http://bit.ly/2lwDjq5 #BlackHistoryMonth
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7:37 AM - 18 Feb 2019
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