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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
C'mon, MS is NOTORIOUS for voter fraud and tampering over 30-40 years ago... That is WHY Eldridge Cleaver and the three young voter registrars were killed... It is a very ugly and negative chapter in history.
The only reason I know is because it was drilled in my head as a child by my parents. Whether that makes it right or wrong, who knows? But my husband's parents gave the middle name of "Eldridge" to my husband and "Cleaver" to his brother's middle name (dunno if that sounds right)?
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Just a historical point: Eldridge Cleaver was not killed due to racial problems in Mississippi. He died in 1998.
I think you meant Medger Evers. He was one of the leaders of the NAACP in Jackson, MS. He was murdered arriving home after a meeting. It is the case that the movie "Ghosts of Mississippi" covered.
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