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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Byron_De_La_BeckwithByron De La Beckwith - Wikipedia

    Byron De La Beckwith Jr. (November 9, 1920 – January 21, 2001) was an American from Greenwood, Mississippi known for the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963. Byron De La Beckwith was a white supremacist and a member of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1964, he was tried twice on a murder charge in Mississippi.

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  3. www.biography.com › crime › byron-de-la-beckwithByron De La Beckwith - Biography

    Apr 3, 2014 · Byron De La Beckwith killed civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963, but escaped justice for more than 30 years. Learn more about Beckwith's life and crimes at Biography.com.

  4. www.nytimes.com › 2001/01/23 › usByron De La Beckwith Dies; Killer of Medgar Evers Was 80

    Jan 23, 2001 · Byron De La Beckwith, whose 1994 conviction in the murder of a civil rights leader three decades earlier symbolized a transformation in Mississippi, died on Sunday night in Jackson, Miss....

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  6. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › beckwithWhite supremacist convicted of killing Medgar Evers - HISTORY

    On February 5, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is convicted in the murder of African American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, over 30 years after the crime occurred. Evers...

  7. mississippitoday.org › 2024/02/05 › on-this-day-in1994: Byron De La Beckwith convicted of murdering Medgar Evers

    Feb 5, 2024 · A jury convicted Byron De La Beckwith for the 1963 murder of Medgar Evers after seeing evidence that included Beckwith’s fingerprint on the murder weapon and hearing six witnesses share how he had bragged about killing Evers, and the judge sentenced Beckwith to life in prison.

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  8. allthatsinteresting.com › byron-de-la-beckwithByron De La Beckwith, The Klansman Who Killed Medgar Evers

    Jul 26, 2022 · Updated February 20, 2024. Despite being tried by two juries, Byron De La Beckwith was not convicted of murdering Medgar Evers in his own driveway in 1963 — until 30 years after the crime. In the early morning of June 12, 1963, tragedy struck in the driveway of 2332 Guynes Street in Jackson, Mississippi.

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  10. daily.jstor.org › a-civil-rights-leaders-killerA Civil Rights Leader’s Killer Sentenced 31 Years Late

    Mar 8, 2018 · This acknowledgement is the latest piece of long overdue justice for his family, as Evers’ killer, Byron De La Beckwith, was not charged with the assassination until 1994. Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie had taught their children how to “drop and hit the floor” just months prior, after a bomb had gone off in their garage.

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