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41 Lives for Freedom	Mississippi Civil Rights Martyrs
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy Arverna Adams Zev Aelony Louis Allen Doris Allison Helen Anderson Ella Baker Byron Baer Norma Becker Rev. Bob Beech George Best Rev. Claude W. Black Sam Block Leo Von Blue Mildred Blue Anne Braden Carl Braden Willie Brewster Aurelia Browder Benjamin Brown Rev. J.W. Brown Ollie Mae Brown John Buffington Pat Cameron James Earl Chaney Johnnie Mae Chappell Johnny Carr J.L. Chestnut Frank Cieciorka Septima Clarke Addie Mae Collins (age 14) Bob Cover Vernon Dahmer Jonathan Daniels Dorothy B. Datz Henry Hezekiah Dee Paul Deitrich Annie Devine William "Meatball" Douthard	We've been 'buked and we've been scorned, We've been talked about sure's you're born But we'll never turn back No, we'll never turn back We have walked through the shadows of death We had to walk all by ourselves But we'll never turn back No, we'll never turn back We have serverd our time in jail With no money for to go our bail But we'll never turn back No, we'll never turn back We have hung our heads and cried Cried for those like Lee who died Died for you, and died for me Died for the cause of equality But we'll never turn back No, we'll never turn back Until we've all been freed and we have equality — Bertha Gober Copyright © 1963
Willie Edwards Medgar Evers James Farmer Charlotte Orange-Featherstone Ralph Featherstone Jim Forman Andrew Goodman Joanne Grant Victoria Gray Adams Dove Green Rick Marshall Greene Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall Blanton Hall Fannie Lou Hamer Samuel Hammond Ira B. Harkey Jr. McCree Harris Aaron Henry James Vance Henry Endesha Ida Mae Holland Charlie Horowitz Winson Hudson John Hulett Mamie Sapp Irvin Jimmie Lee Jackson Wharlest Jackson June Johnson Florynce Kennedy C. B. King Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta Scott King David Kirk Rev. Fredrick Kirkpatrick Henry J. Kirksey Rev. Bruce Klunder Rev George Wesley Lee Herbert Lee Fr. William Lewers Viola Liuzzo Vivian Malone Joe Martin Ellen Maslow Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Sr. Timothy Mays Paul Duncan McConnell Robert McCullough Willie McCray Dora McDonald Denise McNair (age 11) Delano Middleton Jack Minnis Francis (Mitch) Mitchell Charles Eddie Moore Harry & Harriette Moore Oneal Moore William Moore Ruth Moskowitz Frank Nelson Wally Nelson Peter Neminyi Memphis Norman	Rev. James Orange Abe Osherhoff Alpha Zara Palmer Mack Charles Parker Hazel Palmer George H. Paris, Sr. Rosa Parks James Peacock Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn Amanda Bowens Perdew Victor Rabinowitz George Raymond Cordell Reagon Rev. James Reeb John Reese Carole Robertson (age 14) Bernice Robinson Johnnie Robinson (age 16) Michael Robinson Ruby Doris Robinson Virgil Robinson Bayard Rustin Mendy Samstein Mario Savio Charles Scattergood Mickey Schwerner Rev. John H. Scott Walt Sheasby Sam Shirah Henry Smith Lamar Smith Linda Moses Dehnad Smith Howard Spencer Walter "Billy" Stafford Minnie Sullivan Percy Sutton Tut Tate Emmett Till (age 14) Rev. Everett Tilson Jimmy Travis Clarance Triggs Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) Albert Turner David Truskoff Twines of St. Augustine Rev. O. Walter Wagner Rita Walker Virgil Ware (age 13) Jean Birkenstein Washington Corine Watkins Rev. Dr. William Andrew Wendt Ann Wootin Cynthia Wesley (age 14) Mary Hamilton Wesley Ben Chester White Oncy Whittier Cleveland J. "CJ" Williams Sr. Hosea Williams Johnny Wilson Jerome Wolfe Wayne Yancy Sammy Younge Howard Zinn