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The six of us gathered at my house, and we walked to the polls. I'll never forget it. Not a Negro was on the streets, and when we got to the courthouse, the clerk said he wanted to talk with us. When we got into his office, some 15 or 20 armed white men surged in behind us - men I had grown up with, had played with. - Medgar Evers
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I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them. - Medgar Evers
As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm going to work for it - even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. - Medgar Evers
You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea. - Medgar Evers
Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that. -MF Doom
I may be going to Heaven or Hell, but I'll be going from Jackson. - Medgar Evers
As paradoxical as life would have it, some of these same persons who were beaten are terrorized by the Nazis are assisting the die-hards of the Citizens' Councils in bringing about economic pressure on Negroes who pay their poll taxes and register in Humphry County. - Medgar Evers
Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy in Jackson will be a victory for democracy everywhere. - Medgar Evers
The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi. - Medgar Evers
Freedom has never been free. - Medgar Evers
I remember one of them - it was a 1941 black Ford. As it went by very slow, a guy leaned out with a shotgun, keeping a bead on us all the time, and we just had to walk slowly and wait for him to kill us... They didn't kill us, but they didn't end it, either. - Medgar Evers
