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At 9pm, as Dr. William Dinkins recalled, Jackson was sitting up in his bed talking and in good spirits. Thirty minutes later, Dinkins received a call from the hospital that another doctor had decided Jimmie needed to undergo further surgery.

Dinkins argued against it but eventually was forced to proceed. During surgery, Jackson was under a safe dose of anesthesia.

Minutes later, his blood turned dark and Dr. Instead the doctor decided to increase the levels of anesthesia and in minutes Jimmie Lee stopped breathing and died. Dinkins was adamant that Jimmie Lee Jackson could have survived had this second surgery not occurred. Rethinking Schools. Handout in Spanish for the U. Mexico War Tea Party. By Alan J. How a teacher and his students organized a tour of the hidden history of slavery in New York.

By Thom Thacker and Michael A. An art contest is used as the basis from which students can examine primary historical documents advertisements for runaway slaves to gain a deeper understanding of the institution of slavery in the North. Lesson by Bill Bigelow and student reading by Howard Zinn. Interactive activity introduces students to the history and often untold story of the U.

Roles available in Spanish. By Gilda L. Reflections on teaching students about the walkouts by Chicano students in California. A role play on the history of the Vietnam War that is left out of traditional textbooks. By Bill Bigelow and Linda Christensen. Empathy, or "social imagination," allows students to connect to "the other" with whom, on the surface, they may appear to have little in common. After fighting in the Vietnam War and spending time in Indiana, he returned to his hometown.

Jackson became a church deacon — the youngest one at his Baptist church — and fathered a daughter. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, he also tried to vote for the first time in his life.

He made several attempts to register as a voter, but never got past the many hurdles that had been set up to keep African Americans from casting ballots.

On February 18, , Jackson took part in a peaceful night march in Marion, held to protest the arrest of James Orange, a field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. However, even nonviolent demonstrations were opposed by the segregationists who held power in Alabama. That night, the town's streetlights were turned off; under the cover of darkness, police and state troopers attacked the protesters with clubs, sending them fleeing in different directions.

There, Jackson was shot in the stomach by James Bonard Fowler, a state trooper. Witnesses recounted that Jackson had been protecting his mother and year-old grandfather from the troopers. Fowler, who didn't admit to the killing until a interview with The Anniston Star , claimed he had been acting in self-defense, and was trying to keep Jackson from grabbing his gun. But I heard about a month later that he died.

The injured Jackson was first taken to a local hospital, then sent to a hospital in Selma. In August, the Voting Rights Act of was signed into law. Document Research Requests. The Institute cannot give permission to use or reproduce any of the writings, statements, or images of Martin Luther King, Jr. Skip to content Skip to navigation. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. Search form Search. Back to the King Encyclopedia.