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US Navy ship named after civil rights leader Medgar Evers

George Cook · Saturday, November 12th 2011 at 8:24PM · 1435 views
US Navy ship named after civil rights leader Medgar Evers

The widow of Medgar Evers broke a bottle of champagne against the hull of a new Navy ship that has been named in honor of the slain civil rights leader. Read more here: http://aareports.com/2011/11/us-navy-ship-...

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Jen Fad Wednesday, November 16th 2011 at 10:17PM

What a befitting name for a ship... USS Medgar Evers. Wow.

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