The X On The Map

How the murder of an unarmed black civil rights activist in 1965 lead to the march to Montgomery that ended in "Bloody Sunday."

An episode of the Throughline podcast, hosted by NPR, titled "The X On The Map" was published on June 20, 2019 and runs 41 minutes.

June 20, 2019 ·41m · Throughline

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In 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson was an unarmed black civil rights activist who was murdered in Marion, Ala., after a peaceful protest. His murder brought newfound energy to the civil rights movement, leading to the march to Montgomery that ended in "Bloody Sunday." This week, we share an episode we loved from White Lies as they look for answers to a murder that happened more than half a century ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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