I was born in Decatur here in Mississippi, and when we were walking to school in the first grade white kids in their school buses would throw things at us and yell filthy things. This was a mild start. If you're a kid in Mississippi this is the elementary course.
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As quoted in The Martyrs: Sixteen Who Gave Their Lives for Racial Justice, What They Didn't Teach You In School: The Assassination Of Medgar Evers And The Murderer Who Walked Free For Three Decades in Buzzfeed (8 February 2022)