50 Years After the Jackson State Killings, America's Crisis of Racial Injustice Continues—and Shows the Danger of ForgettingThe evening of May 14, 1970 had been a warm one in Jackson, Miss. At Jackson State College, a historically black institution located in the African American community just west of downtown, curfew for women was at 11:30 pm—but plenty of students were still hanging out at Alexander Hall, a women’s dormitory, a little after midnight.
Bristow, Nancy. “50 Years after the Jackson State Killings, America’s Crisis of Racial Injustice Continues—and Shows the Danger of Forgetting.” Time, 15 May 2020, time.com/5836466/jackson-state-shooting-history/.
