Only a pawn in their game lyrics A bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers' blood / a finger fired the trigger to his name / a handle hid out in the dark / a hand set the spark / two. Bob dylan performed his civil rights song only a pawn in their game at the 1963 march on washington By tony attwood “only a pawn in their game” refers to the murder of medgar evers, as the opening lines of the song reveal He was the civil rights activist who was the mississippi leader of the national association for the advancement of coloured people. The lyrics of “only a pawn in their game” see bob dylan presenting the idea that angry white mobs from the civil rights era were actually “pawns” of the white elite.
Bob dylan performed only a pawn in their game at a voter registration rally in greenwood, mississippi, for the first time Medgar evers, whom the song is dedicated to, was the mississippi leader of the national association for the advancement of colored people (naacp). More songs from bob dylan more songs about political figures more songs with chess pieces in the title more songs from 1964 lyrics to only a pawn in their game bob dylan artistfacts vincent ferraro from hesperia, ca this is the song that first turned me on to dylan's early works
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