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A photo of Jimmie Lee Jackson's headstone that shows bullet holes pock marking the surface.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery with his wife Evelyn lay a wreath at the grave of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a civil rights worker who was killed in 1965. Written on verso: Cry For Meaningful Voting Rights -- SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery (in glasses) and Mrs. Evelyn G. Lowery of SCLC/WOMEN, lay wreath at the grave of slain civil rights leader Jimmie Lee Jackson during the Carrollton to Selma to Montgomery Pilgrimage last February in Alabama, Jackson was killed in 1965 in connection with a civil rights movement in Marion, Alabama. His tombstone has since been damaged by bullet holes. Also pictured (between the Lowerys) is Spiver Gordon, president of the Greene County SCLC chapter in Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown standing in raincoats at Jimmie Lee Jackson's grave site with others. Written on verso: Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Lowery lay wreath at grave of Jimmie Lee Jackson who was killed in Feb., 1965 during a Movement in Marion, Alabama. Wreath laying occurred during historic Carrollton to Montgomery Pilgrimage recently completed in Alabama. Also pictured from l. to r. are Rev. Abraham Woods, President Birmingham Chapter; SCLC Board member Spiver Gordon; and SCLC Staff member Frederick Moore.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series