Can you summarize chapter 3 of Jimmie Lee & James?

Chapter 3 of Jimmie Lee & James details what happens after Jimmie Lee Jackson is shot by a state trooper at Mack’s Café. The chapter starts with Jackson running away and being transported to Perry County Hospital. Since the hospital has no blood bank, Jackson is moved to Good Samaritan Hospital, where a doctor, William Dinkins, performs a laparotomy.

Meanwhile, the sheriff and mayor blame the violence on outsiders. Steve Fiffer and Adar Cohen, the authors of the book, remind readers that “such finger-pointing is consistent with a longstanding theme in the region.”

The Montgomery Advertiser publishes an editorial to counter the “outside agitators” narrative. The newspaper writes that it was the “inside agitators in uniform who have disgraced Alabama.” Soon, John Doar, who leads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, is looking into the conflagration.

Fiffer and Cohen then describe the presentation of the shooting and Jackson. The media and hospital provide a somewhat accurate portrait of Jackson, but the FBI misspell Jimmie Lee Jackson's first name.

Three days after Jackson is shot, Malcolm X is assassinated. The authors tell how Malcolm X delivered a speech in Selma a couple of weeks before his death.

Back to the Marion unrest, the state reacts with stringent measures. Governor George Wallace prohibits nighttime marches. Martin Luther King Jr. calls Wallace’s order “unconstitutional” and goes to visit Jackson in the hospital. On February 26, Jackson dies due to an abdominal infection. Jackson’s death inspires further protests. Two funerals are held for Jackson. The chapter ends with the activists about to march from Selma to Montgomery.

Summarize chapter 10 of Jimmie Lee & James.

Chapter 10 of Jimmie Lee & James is about the trial for the murderers of James Reeb.

The prosecutor, Blanchard McLeod, says, “I have a very weak case.” He claims he only brought charges against Elmer Cook and the brothers, Stanley and Duck Hoggle, to avoid bad press. McLeod, who is supposed to be on the side of Reeb, is friends with the segregationist sheriff Jim Clark. The FBI describes McLeod as an “adamant segregationist.”

During his opening statement, McLeod says he won’t try the case. As he recently had a stroke, it’d be bad for his health to take on this trial. McLeod gives the duties to Virgis Ashworth. Ashworth isn’t a supporter of the civil rights movement, either. In his closing statement, he clarifies that he isn’t “sticking up” for civil rights; he’s merely doing his job.

The lawyer for the defendants, Joe Pilcher, sows doubt about whether the three men were present. He also claims Reeb didn’t die due to the assault but because the activists wanted him to die so they could turn him into a martyr. To prove his theories, Pilcher calls many witnesses. In the end, the jury issues not-guilty verdicts for Cook and the Hoggle brothers.

Summarize chapter 11 of Jimmie Lee & James.

Chapter 11 of Jimmie Lee & James brings the story into the twenty-first century to tell of a district attorney’s efforts to prosecute Jimmie Lee Jackson’s killer.

In 2005, district attorney Michael Jackson reads an article in the Alabama newspaper The Anniston Star. The article is an interview with James Bonard Fowler, the state trooper who shot Jimmie Lee. Fowler claims he isn’t racist and supports Black leaders like Colin Powell and Nelson Mandela. He also says he doesn’t think he could “get convicted for murder” because “after 40 years, they ain’t no telling how many people is dead.”

Jackson thinks otherwise. He’s determined to prosecute Fowler. In 2007, he takes his case against Fowler to a grand jury. The grand jury indicts him on first-degree and second-degree murder charges. Fowler’s lawyer claims that too many witnesses have died and Fowler can’t receive a fair trial. After some legal wrangling and delays, a trial is set. The lawyers work out a plea bargain, with Fowler agreeing to serve six months in prison for misdemeanor manslaughter. The reaction to the deal is mixed, with Jimmie Lee’s daughter declaring “there will never be closure.”

Summarize the prologue and chapter 12 of Jimmie Lee & James.

Chapter 12, the last chapter of Jimmie Lee & James, delves into recent threats against voting rights.

The chapter discusses the 2013 Supreme Court ruling that declared certain sections of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. In a five-to-four decision, the majority claimed that times have changed and racism has diminished, so Southern states shouldn’t have to get “preclearance” from the federal government if they want to change their election laws. After the ruling, many states implemented harsher regulations. Texas and Alabama required photo ID. They claimed their new rules would prevent voting fraud, but, as Steve Fiffer and Adar Cohen point out, voting fraud is “rare.”

Cohen and Fiffer end their book with reactions to the Supreme Court ruling. Walter Dobyne, who marched from Selma to Montgomery, said, “The Supreme Court was full of shit.”

In the prologue to their book, Cohen and Fiffer introduce the district attorney Michael Jackson and his attempts to punish the killer of Jimmie Lee Jackson. The authors provide background about Michael Jackson (he was a year old when Jimmie Lee was killed) and Marion, Alabama (Jimmie Lee’s hometown).