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About Cager Lee
Cager Lee, the grandfather of Jimmie Lee Jackson, an African American veteran and civil rights activist murdered by Alabama state troopers, took part in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement.
"Then the marchers formed in Selma’s Sylvan Street, eight abreast. Near the head was placed an old Negro man, Cager Lee, the grandfather of Jimmy Jackson, who was shot by a state trooper at Marion, Ala., several weeks ago and later died.... Cager Lee—wrinkled, bent and 82—walked the first mile and then turned back. The old Negro is the grandfather of Jimmie Lee Jackson, 26-year-old civil rights worker fatally shot Feb. 18 at nearby Marion when state troopers broke up a night march."
Find A Grave #163356176 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163356176
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Cager Lee's Timeline
| 1884 |
December 1, 1884
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Alabama, United States
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| 1917 |
1917
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Alabama, United States
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| 1968 |
January 31, 1968
Age 83
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Marion, Perry County, Alabama, United States
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Provewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Sprott, Perry County, Alabama, United States
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