CSPAN2 Washington July 4, 2024
Thank you. Guest great to be here. Host remind us about medgar evers. Guest medgar evers was the first field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. ■w■ijordan was doing the same jn georgia. He was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black eople to vote. Host you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in americas 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. Dd that john lewis was doing in georgiamississippi which was tht dangerous place to be ...