Spring 1970
Police violenceBook sources
Jackson State shootings
Mississippi; Black students and nearby community
Police fired into the campus area and a women’s dormitory, killing two young people. Zinn contrasts official justifications with the scale of gunfire and the lack of meaningful accountability.
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Context / qualification
One victim was a high-school student, so “two Jackson State students” would be inaccurate.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H01 at 00:11:48 (approximate; supplied recording)