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Brief author info: Medgar Evers (1926-1963) American civil rights activist African American born in Mississippi. As successful insurance salesman, was shocked at poverty of rural African Americans he met; quit to become full-time chapter organizer and field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Mississippi; investigated murders of various African Americans; first major civil rights leader to be assassinated; his murderer was not convicted until 1994.

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You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.

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You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.

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Inspirational Quote

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

- Winston Churchill

Unhappiness Quote

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

- Marilyn Monroe

Success Quote

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

- Bill Cosby

Life Quote

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

- Walt Disney

Understanding Quote

To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.

- Sun Yat-sen

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