Margaret Ann Knott
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Jack Hopson discusses the death of Margaret Ann Knott, who was struck by a car and fatally injured during a civil rights protest, during an interview in Butler, Ala., on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Hopson, a photographer who documented the demonstration in pictures that were published by the local newspaper, said the courthouse square area was full of people when Knott was killed on Sept. 11, 1971. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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A Confederate monument stands outside the Choctaw County Courthouse in Butler, Ala., on Thursday, April 10, 2014. Civil rights protester Margaret Ann Knott was fatally injured when struck by a car during a sit-in on a street near the courthouse in 1971. Her mother, Carrie Johnson, said county officials refused permission to erect a monument commemorating the teen's death. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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The grave of civil rights protester Margaret Ann Knott is shown in a cemetery near Lisman, Ala., on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Knott was struck by a car and killed during a sit-in in nearby Butler, Ala., in 1971, but no one ever was prosecuted. Her mother, Carrie Johnson, says she has mercy for the driver of the car, Gladden Smith, and does not hold him responsible. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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This photo made from a page of The Choctaw Advocate newspaper shows the funeral procession of Margaret Ann Knott in Butler, Ala., following her death during a civil rights protest on Sept. 11, 1971. Knott was struck by a car and fatally injured during a sit-in, and grand jurors declined to indict the driver of the vehicle. Knott's mother Carrie Johnson says she has forgiven the driver, Gladden Smith. (AP Photo/The Choctaw Advocate)
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This photo made from a page of The Choctaw Advocate newspaper shows civil rights protesters during a sit-in in Butler, Ala., on Sept. 11, 1971, shortly before demonstrator Margaret Ann Knott was struck by a car and fatally injured. Grand jurors declined to indict the driver of the vehicle, and Knott's mother Carrie Johnson says she has forgiven the man. No one in the photo is identified. (AP Photo/The Choctaw Advocate)
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Margaret Ann Knott, who died when struck by a car during a civil rights protest in Butler, Ala. in 1971, is shown in this undated photograph of a family portrait taken in Lisman, Ala., on Tuesday, April 9. A grand jury declined to indict the man who was driving the car and no one was ever prosecuted, but Knott's mother Carrie Johnson has found forgiveness and understanding for the driver. (AP Photo)
