a whole lot of life

The caption reads: "Medgar Evers' widow consoles her son at funeral service."

One reason we started this blog was because we wanted an instrument to relive and retell some of our favorite and poignant childhood memories. Well, here is a scene I can only empathize with as an adult.
At the age of nine years old, Darrell Evers got a whole lot of life thrown his way. Can you imagine? His father, one of the heroes of the Civil Rights movement and a key contributor to the ruling that began the downfall of segregation (Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954). Just the previous year, in 1962, Darrell himself was a plaintiff in a case to integrate Mississippi schools. His was not the normal life of a nine year old. Responsibility chose Darrell at a very early age it seems.

That this photo even exists is shocking; that it was the cover of a national magazine leaves me speechless.

For another perspective ask Bob Dylan Only a Pawn In Their Game.