In Ava DuVernay's'Selma', who was Niecy Nash's character?
Richie Jean Jackson
Delores Wise
Florynce Kennedy
Glenda Cleveland
Answer
Richie Jean Jackson was the mother of Jimmie Lee Jackson and a member of the Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. Jackson was shot and killed by Alabama state troopers on February 18, 1965, while marching in support of voting rights. Her death helped to galvanize support for the Selma to Montgomery marches, which ultimately led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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