On this day in 1965, an Alabama state trooper shot an unarmed Black man named Jimmie Lee Jackson twice while Mr. Jackson was trying to protect his mother and grandfather. He died 8 days later.

On this day in 1964, a Black man named Louis Allen was ambushed and killed in Liberty, Mississippi. Mr. Allen had suffered violence, intimidation, and threats since providing evidence against a white man for killing a local Black activist.