Jimmie Lee Jackson, age 26

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Lost to gun violence on February 18, 1965 in Marion, Alabama.

On February 18, 1965, while unarmed and participating in a peaceful voting rights march in his city, he was beaten by troopers and fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper. Jackson died eight days later in the hospital.

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