Slain civil rights leader remembered in Mississippi
Jackson remembers Medgar Evers thirty years after his 1963 murder. Espy recalls fear as a child and credits Evers for his election to Congress. The piece includes reflections from Constance Slaughter-Harvey, Aaron Henry, David Lansing, Myrlie Evers, and Charles Evers on Evers legacy and civil rights progress.
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Constance Slaughter-Harvey
Mississippi
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University of Ississippi School of Law
Ed King
King
University of Mississippi Medical Center
David Lansing
University of Mississippi
William Winter
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Myrlie Evers
Moses
Investigators seek links between victim and illness in New Mexico
Medical investigators planned to explore connections between Brenda Benally a Farmington woman who died after visiting her parents Littlewater New Mexico and a flu like illness that has killed eight in the state Health officials noted 19 cases meeting clinical definitions with six linked to Littlewater The 13 year old victim airlifted from Farmington was listed in satisfactory condition at University Hospital and the illness is believed tied to rodent borne hantavirus though lab confirmation will take weeks
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Albuquerque Journal
Elizabeth Huisman
McKean
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