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NAACP Field Secretary and civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, was assassinated in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi in 1963.

President's Weekly Address - 10/8/11

POSTED: October 08, 2011, 12:00 am

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With the nation's economy slipping dangerously towards another recession, President Obama calls on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act and put Americans back to work.





Source: The White House

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