REMEMBERING CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MEDGAR EVERS

I remember the days when we could not register and vote, when our lives were threatened, our jobs and our homes could be taken away from us. And I remember the questionnaire we were assigned that asked you to interpret a section of the Constitution. If your interpretation was not to the satisfaction of that clerk, who might have had a seventh-grade education while you had a master's degree, you would fail.

I remember the jar of beans that we were to give an accurate count of or fail. We were asked how many bubbles were in a bar of soap. Today, Mississippi enjoys the reputation of having among the largest number of black elected officials in the nation.

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