On this day in 1967, KKK targeted Korean War vet and Natchez NAACP official Wharlest Jackson Sr. after his job promotion.
On this day in 1967 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 27, 2024 Feb. 27, 1967 Natchez police and agents from the FBI inspect the truck that exploded in a bomb blast and killed Wharlest Jackson on 27 February 1967. Wharlest Jackson Sr., a Korean War veteran and treasurer of the NAACP branch in Natchez, Mississippi, became a Ku Klux Klan target after he was promoted to a whites-only position at his job in Natchez.
“He was 36 and in the prime of his life,” recalled his son. “He had the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and they took that away.” Despite an FBI investigation, his killers were never prosecuted. “A lot of people have tried to push my daddy’s death under the rug,” his son said. “We’re still trying to pull it out into the light.” Wharlest Jackson Sr. is among 40 martyrs listed on the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
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