(AP) — Long after he was killed, Myrtle Green-Burton wouldn't let anyone wear her 17-year-old son's high school track team jacket. The two quilts are open for public viewing on weekdays through Dec. 17 at Jackson State University’s Margaret Walker Center. James Earl Green and 21-year-old Jackson State student Phillip Lafayette Gibbs were fatally shot on the Jackson State campus during a violent police response to a protest against racial injustice in 1970. Her mother would piece together quilts using pieces of aprons, hats and dresses from her grandmother. We’ve come a long way, but we still got such a long way to go.”Leah Willingham is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.

Source: thestar December 13, 2021 07:40 UTC