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Medgar Evers is buried with full military honours in Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Evers, a committed anti-segregation campaigner, had been shot in the back just days earlier in Jackson, Mississippi, by a white racist gunman. Evers' death will be the spark for the Bob Dylan song Only A Pawn In Their Game.
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