#GibbsGreen: In the late hours of May 14 and into the early morning of May 15, 1970, Jackson City Police and Mississippi Highway Patrolmen marched on the Jackson State campus and fired nearly 500 rounds of ammunition in 28 seconds into Alexander Hall, a women’s dormitory. Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, a junior political science major, and James Earl Green, a senior at nearby Jim Hill High School, were killed. Twelve others were shot, and dozens were injured by flying debris, glass, and brick in the ensuing chaos. No police officer was ever held accountable. Shortly after the shootings, the campus was closed, and graduation ceremonies for the Class of 1970 were canceled. To learn more, click the link in our bio. #JacksonState #JacksonStateUniversity #HBCU