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In 2009, Marion made national news when a three-year-old family feud turned into a 150-man riot outside the town's city hall resulting in the arrest of eight people and the hospitalization of two. [16] In early 2016, the New York Times reported the city was the center of an outbreak of tuberculosis. In 2014–15 twenty people in the area had ...
Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) [1] [2] was an African American civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church. On February 18, 1965, while unarmed and participating in a peaceful voting rights march in his city, he was beaten by troopers and fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper.
Jimmy Wilson was arrested on July 27, 1957, for stealing $1.95 at night from a 74-year-old [7] white widow, Estelle Barker, in Marion, Alabama. [5] Barker also testified that Wilson attempted to rape her, which he denied; although he was not indicted on this charge, as night-time robbery carried a harsher potential sentence. [8]
In a signed deposition on January 29, 1912, George Goldsby stated that he was born in Perry County, Alabama, on February 22, 1843. His father was Thornton Goldsby of Selma, Alabama, and his mother Hester King, who resided on her own place west of Summerfield Road between Selma and Marion, Alabama. George also stated that he had four brothers ...
As No. 10 Alabama prepares to face off against Texas A&M, let's examine the complicated relationship between coaches Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher feud: Explaining ...
In northern Alabama, Terrell soon became politically active. He was a delegate from Marion at the Alabama Constitutional Convention in Huntsville, on July 5, 1819, to draft a constitution for the pending state. [4] He was a signatory to Alabama's first Constitution. [5] In 1819 he was elected as the first state senator from Marion County.
Democrats say Gov. Ron DeSantis' partisan redistricting map that strikes minority districts is motivated by personal ambition, not public policy.
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