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11 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
During a crucial, partially-improvised Oval Office speech, JFK declares civil rights "a moral issue" and that he will send comprehensive bill to Congress, tonight 1963: #JFKL
Medgar Evers, World War II veteran and NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, was shot to death outside his home, hours after the civil rights speech JFK gave tonight 1963:
Medgar Evers (at left in 1961 photo) with JFK at White House:
Restored home where Medgar Evers was killed tonight 1963 became a national monument last December, Jackson, Mississippi:

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12 Jun
Medgar Evers (right), NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, protesting in Jackson eleven days before he was murdered in front of his house, today 1963: Image
“Evers Died for You — Join NAACP For Him!”—protest in Detroit after Medgar Evers assassination of today 1963: Image
At Medgar Evers’ funeral, widow Myrlie consoles son Darrell, this week 1963: #Loengard Image
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11 Jun
Looks like plastic toy figures of the 2021 G7 leaders at Cornwall. (Figures are not sold separately):
And when you get tired of moving around the G7 figures, you can buy these seven plastic toy figures of recent Presidents of the United States:
This LBJ figure was sold by Remco in 1964, and no, LBJ is not depicted here sitting on a bathroom fixture:
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8 Jun
View from Robert Kennedy’s funeral train from New York City to DC, today 1968: #Fusco
Along route of Robert Kennedy’s funeral train, today 1968:
Another scene from Robert Kennedy’s funeral train, today 1968:
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5 Jun
“Pray For Bobby” — Today 1968, Los Angeles: Image
New York Times Page One, today 1968: Image
Robert Kennedy (1925-1968): Image
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5 Jun
Catholic chaplain worships with American soldiers and sailors destined to fight on D-Day at Omaha Beach, this week 1944: #NARA Image
Knowing how many of them are likely to perish in D-Day invasion of tomorrow 1944, General Eisenhower says goodbye to American paratroopers: Image
At White House, jubilant FDR delivers fireside chat on fall of Rome, tonight 1944, while concealing secret that D-Day invasion of Europe would unfold within hours: Image
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4 Jun
Maybe not a great idea for a possible Presidential candidate to campaign on the tacit slogan of “Tread on Me."
Someone doesn’t see “eye to eye” with the ex-President who was content to sit by while a crowd was calling for his hanging.
Ex-VP's attitude seems to be: what’s a little gallows among friends?
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