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guest: host: remind us about medgar evers. guest: medgar evers was the rst field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. jordan was doing the same job in georgia. he was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black people and registering people to vote. host: you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in america's history. why do you think that happened? guest: if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that dr. king was doing in alabama and that johnis was doing in georgia and he is doing it in mississippi which was the most dangerous place tothe highest n, the most violent version of the clan. agency called the sovereignty commission that went into action after brown v. they were under tremendous pressure even from the naacp which did not agree with activism in the streets. they wanted to fight in the courts. would face in that state was unprecedented for any civil rights activist. he should get a greater mention. jamesal said the grea
guest: host: remind us about medgar evers. guest: medgar evers was the rst field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. jordan was doing the same job in georgia. he was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black people and registering people to vote. host: you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in america's history. why do you think that happened? guest: if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism...
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host: remind us about medgar evers. guest: medgar evers was the first field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. jordan was doing the same job in georgia. he was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black people and registering people to vote. host: you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in america's history. why do you think that happened? guest: if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that dr. king was doing in alabama and that john lewis was doing in georgia and he is doing it in mississippi which was the most dangerous place to be black in america. the highest number of lynchings, the most violent version of the clan. and the statewide agency called the sovereignty commission that went into action after brown v. they were under tremendous pressure even from the naacp which did not agree with activism in the streets. they wanted to fight in the courts. the amount of violence that you would face in that state was unp
host: remind us about medgar evers. guest: medgar evers was the first field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. jordan was doing the same job in georgia. he was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black people and registering people to vote. host: you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in america's history. why do you think that happened? guest: if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that...
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that is what medgar evers did .-- married to people with myrlie evers raised with inherent dignity. even a person with no money or indoor plumbing growing up, she was given this dignity. she played the piano and was told you can play a chronically hall -- kerr-mcgee hall. you have dignified people, who even though the country did not love them back, they loved enough to try to make it what it says it is. >> something that stuck with me joy was how myrlie is the paragon of persistence and perseverance. three separate trials to achieve justice in 1994 for the man that murdered her love of her life, medgar evers . talk briefly about what it meant to meet myrlie and interact with her to know what that woman has gone through. she did not shelve her grief, she made it and converted it into activism. >> you know is a lawyer my sister it is hard to win one trial. this with three different trials. two hung juries and 30 years later, a conviction of man that assassinated medgar evers. it was a triumph from the legal point of
that is what medgar evers did .-- married to people with myrlie evers raised with inherent dignity. even a person with no money or indoor plumbing growing up, she was given this dignity. she played the piano and was told you can play a chronically hall -- kerr-mcgee hall. you have dignified people, who even though the country did not love them back, they loved enough to try to make it what it says it is. >> something that stuck with me joy was how myrlie is the paragon of persistence and...
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she is the author of "medgar and myrlie: medgar evers and the love story that awakened america."
she is the author of "medgar and myrlie: medgar evers and the love story that awakened america."
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she is the author of "medgar and myrlie: medgar evers and the love story that awakened america." she is also a political analyst for msnbc. thank you. guest:
she is the author of "medgar and myrlie: medgar evers and the love story that awakened america." she is also a political analyst for msnbc. thank you. guest:
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evers. he since mamie till up to chicago to talk to one of his old insurance brokers. his name was reverend franklin revenge for aretha franklin's father. so it's almost like all the black people in the civil rights history in history are connected somehow. the tree. howard so as he has a real house sized impact, a when you consider we don't really know. mm we don't really bring up his name lot jason go one more. so i like to know your perspective on the 13th amendment because our to fight is really to our freedom and. it's like that's like the dirty little amendment that keeps getting passed along as a way of being able to have law to control people or propagate slavery. so the except this punishment for a crime is what you're talking, but you to the thing about the 13th amendment, as it relates also to the civil rights act of 1960. well, so it relates to the civil rights act of 19. so the thing about the 13th amendment was like the black people who proposed the end of slavery had proposed
evers. he since mamie till up to chicago to talk to one of his old insurance brokers. his name was reverend franklin revenge for aretha franklin's father. so it's almost like all the black people in the civil rights history in history are connected somehow. the tree. howard so as he has a real house sized impact, a when you consider we don't really know. mm we don't really bring up his name lot jason go one more. so i like to know your perspective on the 13th amendment because our to fight is...
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acy of medgar and myrlie evers. (tony) yes, problem. you need verizon. pro with tons of storage. so you can take all the pics! so many selfies. a preposterous amount of pano! that means panoramic. and as many portraits of me as your heart desires. (woman) how about none? (boy) none. (man) yea none feels right. (vo) trade-in any iphone in any condition and get a new iphone 15 pro and an ipad and apple watch se all on us. only on verizon. rsv can severely affect the lungs and lower airways. but i'm protected with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can be serious for those over 60, including those with asthma, diabetes, copd, and certain other conditions. but i'm protected. arexvy is proven to be over 82% effective in preventing lower respiratory disease from rsv and over 94% effective in those with these health conditions. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower re
acy of medgar and myrlie evers. (tony) yes, problem. you need verizon. pro with tons of storage. so you can take all the pics! so many selfies. a preposterous amount of pano! that means panoramic. and as many portraits of me as your heart desires. (woman) how about none? (boy) none. (man) yea none feels right. (vo) trade-in any iphone in any condition and get a new iphone 15 pro and an ipad and apple watch se all on us. only on verizon. rsv can severely affect the lungs and lower airways. but...