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Story of Writing June 11, 2025
Season 25
Episode 611
Published 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
Civil rights come into focus on this day in 1963. A Buddhist monk sets himself on fire to protest religious oppression in Vietnam, Alabama Governor George Wallace stands in a UA doorway to prevent two Black students from attending the University, and Pres. John F. Kennedy promises new civil rights legislation. NAACP activist Medgar Evers is assassinated. This episode includes a reading from "Medgar Evers: A Hero in Life and Death."