Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171209:17:10:00
Sergeant medgar evers. who's brother i just met at the plane and who i liked a lot. i have to -- stand up, please. come on, stand up. you were so nice. i appreciate it. you were so nice. thank you very much. medgar evers joined the u.s. army in 1943 when he was 17 years old. he fought in normandie and the second world war and when he came babbling back home to miss he kept fighting for the same rights and freedom that he defended in the war. mr. evers became a civil rights leader in his community. he helped fellow african-americans register to vote, organize boycotts, and investigated grave in...