I did not know that Robert Reich had grown up with Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, one of the three young civil rights workers murdered by members of the KKK (who were also local law enforcement, very typical then) [media=https://youtu.be/u-kv3wdqqNo]
Paul Simon was friends with Andrew Goodman, one of the three murdered, and wrote the song "He Was My Brother" in his memory. [media=https://youtu.be/daPpeLKdGSw]
The men were Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, a local Black Mississippian, and Mickey Schwerner (who, like Goodman was from New York). The poster of their initial disappearance:
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Thank you for posting this. I was unaware of Robert Reich's friendship with Mickey Schwerner. Reich makes a powerful and important point about the need to stand up to bullies and protect one another from them.
I was also unaware that Paul Simon was friends with Andrew Goodman and that "He Was My Brother" was written in Goodman's memory. I always thought it was a beautiful, poignant song. Knowing that it's about his real-life friend makes it even more poignant to me.
