26 feb 1965 año - February 26, 1965 - Jimmie Lee Jackson Dies Police assaulting Civil Rights demonstrators led to the eventual March 7 Selma protest, especially after the beating of Army veteran Jimmie Lee Jackson. The original plan was to bring his body along the march to drop off at the steps of the capital in Montgomery.

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Police assaulting Civil Rights demonstrators led to the eventual March 7 Selma protest, especially after the beating of Army veteran Jimmie Lee Jackson. The original plan was to bring his body along the march to drop off at the steps of the capital in Montgomery.