Jackson State University commemorated the 47th anniversary of the #GibbsGreen tragedy that occurred May 15, 1970, with students, faculty and staff listening to reflections and a call for continued remembrance of that bitter past that left two people dead and at least a dozen injured. The Margaret Walker Alexander Research Center at JSU sponsored the wreath-laying event on Monday, April 10, on the memorial Gibbs-Green Plaza. The site was named in honor of two individuals slain from gunfire that erupted from the Mississippi Highway Patrol: Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, 21, a junior pre-law major and married father of an 18-month-old son and another child on the way; and James Earl Green, 17, a senior at Jim Hill High School, who was killed while observing the chaos. A number of people affected by the tragedy returned to pay homage to those who lost their lives or were injured. A wreath was placed outside Alexander Residence Hall, a building struck by a barrage of gunfire. Read more about t...