Saturday, June 28, 2014
The 21st of June fifty years ago, Mickey Schwerner and two of his comrades went missing in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Their bodies were not recovered until August 4th, approximately 40 days later. Mickey was my college classmate and friend. He loved Ray Charles, especially "Baby What'd I Say". In honor of the sacrifice Mickey and his comrades made for Civil Rights I'll be listening to a lot of Ray Charles for the next month or so. I throw in Nina Simone doing "Mississippi Goddamn" just for good measure. Feel free to listen and remember when you get a chance.
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For a touching account of the death of Schwerner and his two friends, go to:
ReplyDeletehttp://cornellalumnimagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1882&Itemid=9
Pete, old friend of Ed's from college days, unfortunately unable to clap on the correct beat when listening to jazz....