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com. It's June 15th, 1963,

It's June 15th, 1963 in the city of Jackson, Mississippi.

John Dor, a 41-year-old lawyer, is one of the few white faces in a predominantly black

procession of 5,000 mourners.

They're accompanying a hearse through the quiet streets,

carrying the casket of civil rights leader Meghur Evers,

who was assassinated in Jackson three days ago.

The marchers are all silent except for the occasional sob of grief.

But as they near a predominantly white part of town,

the number of police officers lining the route increases and the

somber procession comes to a sudden stop. John pushes forward through the crowd

until he reaches the front and sees why the mourners have halted.

The road is blocked by police officers.

Dogs strain at their leashes and a fire truck idols behind the barricade

ready to turn its hose on the mourners.

As the procession edges closer to the police lines, one of the officers swings his baton and catches a mourner in the head.

This assault sparks the rest of the officers to jump in,

and a black man screams as he's hit by the butt of a rifle and is dragged behind the police line.

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