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Be Not Afraid Foundationsexperienced firsthand King’s deep love and humility.We were visiting the Tuskegee Institute when we heardabout the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a youngsterwho had been seriously injured eight days earlier whena peaceful rally in nearby Marion had been broken upby the police.Bystanders later described a scene of utter chaos:white onlookers smashed cameras and shot out streetlights while police officers brutally attacked the blackrally-goers, many of whom were praying on the stepsof a church. Jimmie, who had seen a state troopermercilessly beating his mother, had tackled the man,and was shot in the stomach and then clubbed over thehead until almost dead. Denied admission at the localhospital, he was taken to Selma, where he was able totell his story to reporters. He died several days later.At the news of Jimmie’s death, we drove to Selmaimmediately. The viewing, at Brown Chapel, was opencasket,and although the mortician had done his bestto cover his injuries, the worst head wounds could notbe hidden: three gashes, each an inch wide and aboutthree inches long.Deeply shaken, we stayed to attend Jimmie’smemorial service. The room was so crowded that theonly place we could find to sit was a window sill at theback; outdoors, the grounds were packed as well.