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<p>Four decades ago today, Medgar Wiley Evers, following a challenging day at the office, sought the sanctuary of his wife, family and home.</p> <p>Evers could surely feel the love and devotion emanating from his modest abode as he turned into 2332 Guynes St. Unfortunately, on that evening, June 12, 1963, Evers was forever suspended from his comfort and joy.</p>

<p>High school teacher Barry Bradford was 8 years old when Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson.</p> <p>"My dad sat down the three of us," recalled Bradford, who was living in suburban Chicago. "He was shaken by it. He told us Medgar was trying to do the right thing for the right reasons and that whoever killed him had great evil in his heart, which we later found out was true."</p>