Story of Writing June 11, 2024

A day of civil rights in 1963: Thích Quảng Đức set himself on fire in Saigon to protest a ban on Buddhist religious practice, Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in the doorway of the state university to prevent Black people from attending, President John F. Kennedy promises civil rights protections, and Medgar Evers is assassinated. Today's reading is from "Medgar Evers: A Hero in Life and Death," by Neely Tucker.