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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Reclaiming Malcolm X

By Ryan M. Jones, Museum Educator April 21, 2015 – 50th Commemoration of Malcolm X On the night of February 25, 1964, Cassius Clay became the heavyweight champion of the world after he defeated Sonny Liston in the seventh round. Stars from all over the world watched the fight in Miami including football star Jim Brown, and soul singer Sam Cooke. Thirty-eight year old Malcolm X also attended ringside. Malcolm had been in Miami... Read More

Posted by Connie Dyson at Saturday, February 21, 2015

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Who Mourns for Jimmie Lee Jackson?

By Ryan M. Jones, Museum Educator On a sunny March day in 2005, a retired Alabama state trooper quietly drinks his morning coffee outside on his deck in southern Alabama. He granted an interview to John Fleming of Anniston, Alabama. At age 72, James Bonard Fowler is asked about Jimmie Lee Jackson, a 26-year-old activist who he claimed he shot in self-defense on February 18, 1965. “My life was in danger and he was trying to kill me. I’d done... Read More

Posted by Connie Dyson at Thursday, February 12, 2015