On June 12 1963 civil rights organizer Medgar Evers was shot in his driveway in Miss. and died in front of his wife and children. Evers was among those black army veterans who returned from the war in Europe and found it intolerable to return home to insults and oppression.
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With the NAACP he organized boycotts and registered voters. As a result he faced daily death threats. “As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children I’m going to work for it—even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice.”
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He was a friend to Bishop Gerow of Jackson, and his children went to the local Catholic school.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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