In an afterword to the 2011 text , Reese explains the particular importance of this moment in 1963 by referencing such events as the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation , Martin Luther King , Jr. 's " Letter from Birmingham Jail " , the murder of activist Medgar Evers , the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing , and the assassination of John F. Kennedy
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
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