Only a Pawn in Their Game
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"Only a Pawn in their Game" is a song written by Bob Dylan
about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers
. It was released on Dylan's The Times They Are a-Changin'
album of 1964. The song suggests that Evers' killer does not bear sole blame for his crime, but rather that he was an instrument of a racist mindset that was prevalent at that time.
Dylan sang the song at the 1963 March on Washington. Later during the event Martin Luther King gave his "I have a Dream
" speech.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi...
. It was released on Dylan's The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin opens with the title track, one of Dylan's most famous songs. Dylan's friend, Tony Glover, recalls visiting Dylan's apartment in September 1963, where he saw a number of song manuscripts and poems lying on a table. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" had yet to be recorded,...
album of 1964. The song suggests that Evers' killer does not bear sole blame for his crime, but rather that he was an instrument of a racist mindset that was prevalent at that time.
Dylan sang the song at the 1963 March on Washington. Later during the event Martin Luther King gave his "I have a Dream
I Have a Dream
"I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination...
" speech.