thanks my friend much appreciated and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour it s really good to have the capital of the great state of mississippi is jackson. the airportpi of jackson, mississippi, is called jackson medger wily evers international airport. it s named for medger evers, the civil rights leader. he was a decorated u.s. army veteran in world war ii. after he came home from the war, after the united states supreme court ruled on brown vs. board of education in 1954 racial segregation was of course supposed to end in american public schools. as you know, it did not. six months, after brown v. board they named him the first ever field secretary of mississippi so he could lead their efforts in that state to organize against segregation, to organize for civil rights. in 1963 medger evers was murdered. he was shot in the back in his own driveway. he was only 37 years old. but now37 the jackson, mississippi, international airport is named for him. and just a
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A spike in incidents targeting the countrys jewish community. And use annual freedom of speech award goes to the nobel hernandos for risking her life to report and expose mexicos drug cartels and the corruption inside the Mexican Government. Im brian thomas thanks so much for being with us we begin with the death of one of the most Creative Forces in the world of fashion Karl Lagerfeld the creative head of fashion house chanel has died in paris at the age of eighty five during a career spanning some seventy years hamburg born designer was one of the most prolific in modern fashion for decades he played a key role in shaping the direction of a multibillion dollar global industry. Few people can be called an icon however when it comes to fashion Karl Lagerfeld can definitely be called one and not just because of his trademark white ponytail high starch collar and dark glasses hes credited with making a struggling show nell company mighty again and outfitted a list actresses and models li
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