For many of us who have gone overseas and fought for this country, fought for mississippi, fought for alabama, fought for north carolina, fought for illinois, and fought for every state in this union. We are going to stay here and see that the things the mayor has said become reality. 15 minutes after midnight, he got out of his car. About 40 yards away a sniper fired a single shot. The bullet hit him in the back, crashed through his body and through him out a window in the house. He died an hour later at a jackson hospital. You are in the former home of medgar evers. He was born and raised in decatur, mississippi. He knew the differences between the races. He had friends, he talked about having white playmates. They would hunt and fish together. At about the age of 16, they went separate ways. He talked about seeing his friend. He was going downtown. He saw his friend standing on the corner with other whites. He said they called him nigger. He noticed his friend dropped his head when
Of civil rights leader, medgar evers, in jackson, mississippi. We toured his house to learn more about the tragic events of 1963. For many of us who have gone overseas and fought for this country, fought for mississippi, fought for alabama, fought for north carolina, fought for illinois, and fought for every state in this union. We are going to stay here and see that the things the mayor has said become reality. 15 minutes after midnight, he got out of his car. About 40 yards away a sniper fired a single shot. Back,llet hit him in the crashed through his body and through him out a window in the house. He died an hour later at a jackson hospital. You are in the former home of medgar evers. He was born and raised in decatur, mississippi. He knew the differences between the races. He had friends, he talked about having white playmates. They would hunt and fish together. At about the age of 16, they went separate ways. He talked about seeing his friends. He was going downtown. He saw his f
Rifle and the bullet hit him in the back, crashed to his body into the window in a house. He died in an hour at a jacksonville hospital. You in the former home of medgar evers and marlee edgars and our address is 2322 Margaret Walker drive. He was born and raised in decatur, mississippi and he talked about when you read about him and in listening to him talk he knew the difference of how the races that were made between the races and he said he never could understand why. He talked about having white playmates and had friends and was only after that they would hunt and fish together and was only about when his friends got to the beat the age of 16 that they were separated and went different ways. He talked about seeing his friends and he was going downtown and he saw his friends standing on the corner with other whites and he said of course, they called him [inaudible] and they noticed his friend dropped his head when he said it. And so that is what situation he grew up in. Then he tal
North carolina, fought for illinois, and fought for every state in this union. We are going to stay here and see that the things the mayor has saidality become reality. 15 minutes after midnight, he got out of his car. A sniper fired a single shot. It crashed through his body and through a window in the house. He died an hour later at a jackson hospital. You are in the former home of medgar evers. In jackson and he was born and raised in decatur, mississippi. He had friends he talked about , having white playmates. They would hunt and fish together. At about the age of 16, they went separate ways. He talked about seeing his friends. He was going downtown. He saw his friends standing on the corner with other whites. He said they called him nigger. He noticed his friend dropped his head when he said it. That is what kind of situation he grew up in. He talked about, he said i knew the difference that was made between the races. He could never understand why it was that way. He talked to h
Tour, but only a brief clip is shown in the first few minutes of this program. Good evening and welcome, everyone. I am tom putnam, director of the john f. Kennedy president ial library and museum, and on behalf of the executive director of the Kennedy Library foundation, the board of directors, and all of our colleagues, i think you for joining us this evening. Let me first acknowledge the generous underwriters of the forum, boston capital, the local institute, raytheon, the boston foundation, and our media partners. We considered having this Forum Last Night on the actual 50th anniversary of mrs. Kennedys tour but did not want to make any of you having to choose between sharing valentines day with loved ones or with your friends here at the Kennedy Library. We are so pleased to have so many of you with us this evening. 50 years ago, Jacqueline Kennedy introduced herself to the nation. In many ways, the public already knew her from her role as the president s wife, mother of two child