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  2. Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) [1] [2] 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 ...

  3. Freedom Riders National Monument - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Riders National Monument. /  33.63500°N 85.90833°W  / 33.63500; -85.90833. The Freedom Riders National Monument is a United States National Monument in Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to preserve and commemorate the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement.

  4. Anniston, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    01-01852. GNIS feature ID. 0159066. Website. www .annistonal .gov. Anniston is the county seat of Calhoun County in Alabama, United States, and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,106. [2]

  5. Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Hillside Cemetery (Anniston, Alabama) - Wikipedia

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    Hillside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Anniston, Alabama. It was established in 1876, and laid out by Nathan Franklin Barrett. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 3, 1985. Notable burials include US Representative Fred L. Blackmon (1873–1921) and Civil War general Daniel Tyler (1799–1882).

  7. St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church (Anniston ...

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    St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church is an historic church located at 1000 West 18th Street in Anniston, Alabama, designed by architect William Halsey Wood of Newark, NJ. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 23, 1976, and to the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1978.

  8. John Pelham (soldier) - Wikipedia

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    John Pelham (September 7, 1838 – March 17, 1863) [1] was a Confederate cavalry soldier under J. E. B. Stuart during the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee called Pelham "The Gallant Pelham" for his use of light artillery at the Battle of Fredericksburg to delay U.S. soldiers. [1] [2]

  9. Ty Cobb - Wikipedia

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    Early life Cobb was born in 1886 in Narrows, Georgia, a small, unincorporated rural community of farmers. He was the first of three children born to William Herschel Cobb (1863–1905) and Amanda Chitwood Cobb (1871–1936). Cobb's father was a state senator. Faded-out sign that shows the birthplace of Ty Cobb at the Narrows in Georgia on Route 105 about four miles southeast of Baldwin, GA ...

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