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Thread #169898 Message #4125707
Posted By: GeoffLawes
10-Nov-21 - 03:20 AM
Thread Name: Any June Songs?
Subject: RE: Any June Songs?
SONGS ABOUT MEDGAR EVERS
June 12, 1963 Medgar Evers was assassinated.
Medgar Evers From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers
Article: "3 of the Most Well-Known Songs about the Life and Death of Medgar Evers" https://dongayhardt.weebly.com/blog/3-of-the-most-well-known-songs-about-the-life-and-death-of-medgar-evers
They Laid Medgar Evers in His Grave - The Freedom Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhO-P9KTjb0
The Ballad of Medgar Evers -Phil Ochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PCIPAS6ko
Many Recordings of Only a Pawn in Their Game on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Only+a+Pawn+in+Their+Game
Mississippi Goddamn - Nina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYX-o0DtyFU
The story behind Nina Simone’s protest song, “Mississippi Goddam”, from PBS https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-story-behind-nina-simones-protest-song-mississippi-goddam/16651/