Lyric discussion by imthe_eviltwin 

Cover art for He Was My Brother lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel

I don't know the story behind the song lyrics, but I read that the song was later dedicated to murdered civil rights activist Andrew Goodman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Goodman

@imthe_eviltwin Andrew Goodman, a civil rights activist was shot down in MI in 1964 by the Koo klux klan because he (and to quote the song,) "Hated what was wrong!".