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Subject: EVERS, MEDGAR (1925-1963)
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First Line: They're afraid of me
Last Line: And above them a tree shall grow / for shade
Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)


FOR MEDGAR EVERS, by DAVID IGNATOW    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They're afraid of me
Last Line: And above them a tree will grow %for shade
Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)


MEDGAR & MYRLIE, by NIKKI GRIMES    Poem Source                    
First Line: Medgar rarely %spoke his feelings
Last Line: Tears, his blood
Subject(s): African Americans; Evers, Medgar (1925-1963); Love


MEDGAR EVERS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The man whose height his fear improved he
Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)


MEDGAR EVERS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The man whose height his fear improved he
Last Line: He was holding clean globes in his hands
Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)


MEDGAR EVERS, 1925-1963, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: So they laid him down in a beautiful place
Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1)
Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)


THE SON OF MEDGAR / WILL SOON BE / OLDER THAN MEDGAR, by LUCILLE CLIFTON            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)