NO, JUST LIVING WITH THAT THREAT THAT WHOLE, WHAT IT MEANS IN TERMS OF YOUR LIVES.

I can't say that Medgar uh, our children or myself had what one would call a normal life. We lived under the constant uh, threat of danger to us. Medgar was an absolute uh, marvelous father. He could talk to the children and tell them uh, what was happening, explain to them, and he devised a game with them where uh, they decided where was the safest place in the house to hide if something happened. The children made a decision with their father that the bathtub was. Uh, they could not understand everything that was happening, they were well aware that their father's life was in danger, and at their young ages, 3, 8 and 9, they worried constantly about that. They also realized that our lives were in danger as well. We were followed…

THIS WILL BE TAKE THIRTY-SIX. SPEED… MARKING.

To be born black and to live in Mississippi uh, was to say that your life wasn't worth much, in that particular point in time. Medgar knew full well when he assumed the position of field director for the NAACP, that there were going to be threats and that his life would uh, possibly be taken from him. But certainly, uh, during the point of time when the economic boycotts uh, were so successful, and we were having rallies uh, every day and every night uh, it became very evident that Medgar was a target because he was the leader. The whole mood there of white Mississippians, was to eliminate Medgar Evers and the problem would have been solved, th, there would be no more uprisings and, and uh, uh, from the blacks in, in, in that community-how wrong they were. But of course, it affected Medgar's and my life, and our children's lives, profoundly. Um, I must say that as any couple would argue, we had our arguments, but we also knew that whenever he left that house, that we may never see each other again, that it was necessary for us to touch base any number of times by phone with each other, if no more than to reassure each other that uh, the other was all right. We made a pact. Medgar and I said we would never part angry, and as a result of that uh, we decided that regardless of how angry we were, we would always kit-kiss each other before parting. And we did that, even at times when I think we perhaps would like to uh, have uh, walked away from each other in anger. Our children did not have …

THIS WILL BE TAKE THIRTY-SEVEN.