Remembering Wharlest Jackson: March, ceremony commemorate 50 years after bombing
Published 1:55 am Monday, February 27, 2017
Miss-Lou Heritage Group and Tours founder Jeremy Houston led a crowd from the Wharlest Jackson Sr. Community Garden to the location where Jackson’s car was bombed. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)
Gregory Robinson performs a song at the end of the service. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)
Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-C.M. Boxley talks to the crowd before performing a libation ceremony. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)
(Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)
(Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)
(Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)
(Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)
Wharlest Jackson Sr., treasurer of the Natchez chapter of the NAACP, was killed after his vehicle was bombed on this day in 1967. The culprit was never found, though the FBI suspected the involvement of the Silver Dollar Group, an offshoot of the Ku Klux Klan. On Saturday, Miss-Lou Heritage Group and Tours founder Jeremy Houston led a crowd from the Wharlest Jackson Sr. Community Garden to the location where Jackson’s car was bombed.
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