Wharlest Jackson Sr.

Wharlest Jackson Sr., 36, a Korean War veteran, father of five, and treasurer of the Natchez NAACP, was killed on February 27, 1967 when a bomb planted under his truck exploded, reportedly triggered by his turn signal, as he drove home from his first shift in a new position at the Armstrong Tire and Rubber plant — a role that had previously been held only by white employees. Two years earlier, NAACP president George Metcalfe had survived a similar car bombing at the same plant. The FBI's main suspect was Raleigh "Red" Glover, leader of a Klan offshoot known as the Silver Dollar Group; Glover was never charged and died in 1984. The DOJ's Civil Rights Division has since closed its investigation without prosecution.

Natchez, MS · Adams County

• 1967: Case opens — victim reported missing or found.
• Documented milestones (renewed investigation, media coverage, family advocacy) to be added as sourced.
• Present: case remains unresolved. No named suspect has been convicted.

• Victim identity, role, and the February 27, 1967 date and circumstances, per the DOJ's public case file.
• The FBI's identification of Raleigh "Red" Glover as its main suspect, per public reporting on the released FBI files; Glover was never charged.

• No one was ever charged or convicted in the bombing.
• The exact type of explosive material used was never identified.

• U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Rights Division case page
• PBS FRONTLINE, “American Reckoning” — documentary
• Project Cold Case
• Murder Accountability Project
• NamUs