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Wed, 06.12.1963

Medgar Evers is Murdered

On this date in 1963, Civil Rights activist Medgar W. Evers was assassinated in front of his Jackson, Mississippi, home by Byron De La Beckworth, a white segregationist.

The 37-year-old Evers was an NAACP field secretary at the time. On June 28, 1992, a statue honoring him was erected in his adopted hometown of Jackson.

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these hips are big hips they need space to move around in. they don't fit into little petty places. these hips are free hips. they don't like to be... HOMAGE TO MY HIPS by Lucille Clifton
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