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Civil Rights foot soldier Della Simpson Maynor retraces her steps on May 19, 2023, from the night she was clubbed by police on Feb. 18, 1965, at the scene of a confrontation outside Zion Church in Marion, Alabama. Maynor was 14-years-old at the time and was part of a group planning to march to the Perry County jail where a local SCLC field secretary was being held for registering voters. She also heard the gunshots that fatally wounded activist Jimmie Lee Jackson. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)

Civil Rights foot soldier Della Simpson Maynor retraces her steps on May 19, 2023, from the night she was clubbed by police on Feb. 18, 1965, at the scene of a confrontation outside Zion Church in Marion, Alabama. Maynor was 14-years-old at the time and was part of a group planning to march to the Perry County jail where a local SCLC field secretary was being held for registering voters. She also heard the gunshots that fatally wounded activist Jimmie Lee Jackson. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)

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