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Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) was an African American civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church. 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.
The Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks, which occurred on May 14, 1961, in Anniston and Birmingham, both Alabama, were acts of mob violence targeted against civil rights activists protesting against racial segregation in the Southern United States. They were carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National States' Rights Party in ...
June 27, 1951 (age 72) Lineville, Alabama, U.S. Political party. Republican. Profession. Funeral director. Koven L. Brown (born June 27, 1951) is an American politician. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 40th District, serving from 2010 to November 9, 2022. He is a member of the Republican party.
Alfred M. Gray Jr. Alfred Mason Gray Jr. [2] (June 22, 1928 – March 20, 2024) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1987, until his retirement on June 30, 1991, after 41 years of service.
politician. teacher. Known for. first female African American in the Tennessee General Assembly. Dr Dorothy Lavinia Brown [1] (January 7, 1914 – June 13, 2004 [2] ), also known as "Dr. D.", [3] was an African-American surgeon, legislator, and Teacher. She was the first female surgeon of African-American ancestry from the Southeastern United ...
James Joseph Reeb (January 1, 1927 – March 11, 1965) was an American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement in Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts.
Children. 3. Fred L. " Bubba " Copeland (May 27, 1974 – November 3, 2023) was an American politician and pastor who served as mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, from 2016 until his [a] suicide in 2023.
Dian Fossey ( / daɪˈæn / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [1] She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by ...