Summary from the Throuline website
“In 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson was an unarmed black civil rights activist who was murdered in Marion, Ala., after a peaceful protest. His murder brought newfound energy to the civil rights movement, leading to the march to Montgomery that ended in "Bloody Sunday." This week, we share an episode we loved from White Lies as they look for answers to a murder that happened more than half a century ago.”
Essential Question of the podcast
What caused Jimmie Lee Jackson’s death, what impact did it have on society, and what was the final result to his death.
TIMELINE OUTLINE
- 1965 Bloody Sunday. Peaceful protesters were beaten by sheriff troopers in Selma Alabama. Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot by a state trooper during a night march. If this doesn’t happen then there wouldn’t have been a peaceful protest march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama.
- James Reeb a white man was murdered by white people against the protest which garnered a lot of media attention.
- No one outside of the surrounding communities of Selma Alabama knew what happened to Jimmie Lee Jackson
- No one outside of the surrounding communities of Selma Alabama knew what happened to Jimmie Lee Jackson
- The president sends flowers to James Reeb’s wife and sends a jet to fly his wife back to Boston. He then invokes Reeb’s death when he introduces the voting rights act.
- The president sends flowers to James Reeb’s wife and sends a jet to fly his wife back to Boston. He then invokes Reeb’s death when he introduces the voting rights act.
- When Jimmie Lee Jackson died there was nothing but a small story to the press. It took the death of a white man to gain any attention outside of Selma Alabama.
- 2007: the man who killed Jimmie Lee Jackson was charged for his murder and served 5 months of a 6 month sentence.
- 1901: The Alabama Constitution is constructed with the explicit reason to ”establish white supremacy. Over 100 years later this is still the basing governing document of alabama.
- 1965: There is a Meeting in a church for a possible march.
- Jimmie Lee Jackson went to a cafe
- Jimmie Lee Jackson went to a cafe
- Sheriff troops start beating people and preventing the march
- Jimmie Lee Jackson’s grandfather was struck with a billie club and went looking for him so they could go to the hospital. As they tried to leave the doors were blocked by state troopers who wouldn’t let them leave.
- Jimmie Lee tried to push through them but they through Jimmie and began beating him. After they had beaten him they pushed him against a building and shot him in his side.
- After Jimmie had been shot the remaining troopers hit him as he ran from the cafe.
- After Jimmie had been shot the remaining troopers hit him as he ran from the cafe.
- Jimmie Lee tried to push through them but they through Jimmie and began beating him. After they had beaten him they pushed him against a building and shot him in his side.
- Sheriff troops start beating people and preventing the march
- Jimmie Lee Jackson was taken to the hospital where they treated his gunshot wound, a laceration on his head, and a hole where his intestines were spilling out.
- 8 days later Jimmie Lee Jackson died from his injuries. There were 2 funerals for him.
- After his death someone shot his tombstone and a reason was not stated
- 8 days later Jimmie Lee Jackson died from his injuries. There were 2 funerals for him.
- The intense difference of James Reeb’s death and Jimmie Lee Jackson’s death had such different reactions
- Alabama was considered the x on the map for the student nonviolent coordinating committee for voter registration drives.
- Bernard Lafyette went to Selma surveying this challenge of helping scared black people have coverage
- Bernard Lafyette went to Selma surveying this challenge of helping scared black people have coverage
- Lafyette found a way to bring hope for the Selma Community
- Lafyette found a way to bring hope for the Selma Community
- MAIN ARGUMENT/BIG IDEA OF THE PODCAST: A death of a black activist took nearly 50 years to see justice take place.
- Jimmie Lee Jackson was murdered without anyone who didn’t live in Marion Alabama know what had happened or who he was. In 2007 the man who killed Jimmie Lee Jackson came clean and was sentenced to prison… for 5 months on a 6 month sentence. What would have happened if he admitted to it years early when it was still relevant?
- Jimmie Lee Jackson was murdered without anyone who didn’t live in Marion Alabama know what had happened or who he was. In 2007 the man who killed Jimmie Lee Jackson came clean and was sentenced to prison… for 5 months on a 6 month sentence. What would have happened if he admitted to it years early when it was still relevant?