Did you know that Jackson State, like Kent
State, had a demonstration on campus that resulted in death?
Phillip Gibbs, a junior at JSU and James Green, a senior at Jackson's
Jim Hill High School, were shot down by Jackson Police on May 14,
1970, when they sprayed the campus with bullets. To this day, there
are varying accounts of what actually precipitated this incident,
but as a result, the graduating class had no Commencement Exercises;
their degrees were mailed to them. They were, however, invited to
"march" with the Class of 1977, the "Centennial Class"...my
class.
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