Emphysema leads to the second diagram below, instead of having big alveoli that can breath normally and easily, they collapse, become weak, making it difficult to breath easily
The song posits that Evers murderer, Byron De La Beckwith, does not deserve to be remembered in history, unlike the king Evers, as the KKK member was only a pawn in their game. Dylan performed the song as part of the March on Washington on August 28th, 1963, where Martin Luther King Jr
Chesterfield (cigarette) Chesterfield is a brand of cigarette, named after Chesterfield County, Virginia
Media campaigns about the newly established dangers of smoking led to the first sustained dip in smoking prevalence in the United States