Poignant and Timely:

Vid Share Credit: Swingin’ Pig

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All of the Prose below is stolen.

Just my feeble attempt to pay in my humble way… to try to pay proper tribute to the memory of a Great, Brave American Veteran…

Vid Cred: Dave Bing

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And! And! And!

I fucking HATE the Fucking Scrolling Lyrics! I have ears!

Almost ruins the vid!

Wonderful images in this video.

Goddamn shame the original poster/creator had to fuck them up.

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“Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi, the state’s field secretary for the NAACP, and a World War II veteran who had served in the United States Army. He worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans, which included the enforcement of voting rights.”

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“Evers was assassinated in 1963 by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens’ Council in Jackson, Mississippi. This group was formed in 1954 in Mississippi to resist the integration of schools and civil rights activism. As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. His murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests; his life and these events inspired numerous works of art, music, and film. All-white juries failed to reach verdicts in the first two trials of Beckwith in the 1960s. He was convicted in 1994 in a new state trial based on new evidence.”

Text Credit: Wikipedia

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Cheers Y’all

Appreciate what a Wonderful, Rich, Sometimes Sad, Heritage We Share.

As Americans.

I’ll do the Joe Hill post later.