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May 17, 2021

Jackson, MI Leaders Apologize for 1970 Jackson State Killings
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The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, and a state senator representing the
city have apologized for the massacre of students at Jackson State
College 51 years ago. On May 15, 1970, local and state police opened
fire on a group of students at the predominantly Black college, shooting
hundreds of rounds in a 28-second barrage. Two were killed and a dozen
injured. On Saturday, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and state
Senator Hillman Frazier formally apologized at a special commencement
ceremony for members of the class of 1970.


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