June 12 On this date in 1963, Civil Rights activist Medgar W. Evers was assassinated in front of his Jackson, Mississippi, home by a white segregationist.The 37-year-old Evers was an NAACP field secretary at the time. A statue honoring him was erected in his adopted hometown of Jackson on June 28, 1992.
Read the powerful lyrics of Bob's Dylan song about this crime.
www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bobdylan/onlyapawnintheirgame.html
Going out in a few minutes to work volunteer tables and then walk in Relay for Life of Roxborough/Manayunk. I'll be done tomorrow around noon.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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