Jimmie Lee & James
two lives, two deaths, and the movement that changed America
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Author
Contributions
- Cohen, Adar - Contributor
Publication
2015 - Regan Arts, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
75,500 words, Guess
Page Count
302 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101941393489
- ISBN-139781941393482
- Library of Congress Control Number2014955556
- OCLC Control Number894747521
- Better World Books9781941393482
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27189157M
Classifications
- DDC323.1196
- LCCE185.615 .F54 2015
- LCCE185.615 .F514 2015
and 1 more
- LCCE185.615
Alternate Titles
- Jimmie Lee and James
Description
"Bloody Sunday"--March 7, 1965--was a pivotal moment in the civil rights struggle. Days earlier, during the crackdown on another protest in nearby Marion, a state trooper, claiming self-defense, shot Jimmie Lee Jackson, a 26-year-old unarmed deacon and civil rights protester. Jackson's subsequent death spurred local civil rights leaders to make the march to Montgomery; when that day also ended in violence, the call went out to activists across the nation to join in the next attempt. One of the many who came down was a minister from Boston named James Reeb. Shortly after his arrival, he was attacked in the street by racist vigilantes, eventually dying of his injuries. Lyndon Johnson evoked Reeb's memory when he brought his voting rights legislation to Congress, and the national outcry over the brutal killings ensured its passage.
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