The Fields of June

The sun burning bright:
A Mississippi Wednesday
Covered black and white
In smoke - gun gray.

In the fields of June,
they shot Medgar Evers
by the home he made.

In the fields of agitators
In the fields of slave labor
In the fields of Klan coppers
In the fields of sharecroppers
In the fields of picked cotton
In the fields of rights forgotten

A cry for justice rings unafraid.

The sun burning bright:
An American weekday
Covers left and right
In smoke - gun gray.
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Created for Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
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