The courage of those heroic men and women who literally gave their lives so I can have the rights that I have today, a great debt is owed.
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Honestly. It was incredibly brave of them to stand up in a time where it was likely for them to get knocked down through murder
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So important to keep this history alive
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Sadly, the struggle for civil rights Medger Evans gave his life for in 1963 under JFK, continues in 2017 under Trump.

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I knew his son Darrell (who died in 2001) quite well. It would be hard to find a nicer person anywhere.
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Medgar Evers was remembered this week in my (Australian) history class: played Dylan song "Pawn in the Game". An evocative memorial.
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A great loss of strength and vision in our time.
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The Jackson MS airport is named for him but now the state is trying to rename it more things change the more they stay the same
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I want to acknowledge this. (To "like" it seems perverse.) What an important moment in our history.
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I always stop at Merger Evers grave when at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery. A true Patriot and American.
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RIP, sir.
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