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This Day In Black History: February 26th- Jimmie Lee Jackson Dies

Written By APParker

Posted February 26, 2016

Here’s a key event that happened on this day brought to you by Black Facts

1965 – Jimmie Lee Jackson dies

Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, died of injuries reportedly inflicted by officers in Marion, Alabama.

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