Stories tagged "1943-1945": 2
Stories
Theodore Britton – Montford Point Marine, Ambassador
"And let me give you a little thing and point out, many of our fellas came from the South, they were brought up to be well, sort of shuffling when they walked, maybe mumbling when they talked, soft spoken and everything, very deferential and things…
Medgar Evers – Soldier and Civil Rights Activist
"You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea."
~Medgar Evers or Myrlie Evers, widow of Medgar Evers, 1963 Born into a working-class Black family in Decatur, Mississippi, Medgar Evers attended segregated schools and witnessed a…