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FOR MEDGAR EVERS by DAVID IGNATOW

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First Line: THEY'RE AFRAID OF ME
Last Line: AND ABOVE THEM A TREE SHALL GROW / FOR SHADE
Subject(s): CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; EVERS, MEDGAR (1925-1963);
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Letters_to_America/Ktg34LMlDNAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ignatow+%22for+medgar+evers%22&pg=PA111&printsec=frontcover


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