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Observing The Presentation Of Medgar Evers
Observing the film, the absence on presentation, as the situation is not formulated with a degree of seriousnesss
The assassination of prominent NAACP leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963, in Jackson Mississippi by a white racist, an earthshaking event in the nation, in contrast, the emphasis on this individual was a short shrift by the film industry.

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