Violence in Jackson
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- Donald Thompson, minister of the First Unitarian Church of Jackson, Mississippi, was
shot and gravely injured outside of his home on August 22nd, 1965. The attack followed
telephone threats on his life, threats stemming from his efforts to integrate his
congregation in Jackson.
- Thompson moved to Jackson to establish a civil rights ministry. In addition to his
congregational work, he also was one of the founders of Jackson's coffee fellowship, a
weekly discussion group that brought together both white and black ministers and lay
people.
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