like a james lee pruitt, she was willing to put her body on the line.went medgar evers was assassinated on the morning of june 12, his followers and the major figures in the civil rights movement gathered for a major memorial service, cuba. and then they want to have a funeral procession to a north capitol passed the state capital of mississippi. the police wouldn't let it, but dorie and her fellow activists decided they were going to do it anyway. and for that she and others were arrested and thrown into jail. now, dorie ladner and james pruitt were not the only people to put their bodies on the line during the civil rights movement. in fact, in 1963 it was the busiest year of the civil rights movement. after the birmingham campaign in the spring there were more than 2000 demonstrations across the country, more than 50,000 people were jailed. and there were some that were killed like medgar evers antiwhite postman named william moore. now, why is it that ordinary people like this would be willing to put their body on the line? why is it that they would