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Evers was murdered in 1963 at his home in Jackson, Mississippi, now the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, by Byron De La Beckwith, [1] a member of the White Citizens' Council in Jackson. This group was formed in 1954 in Mississippi to resist the integration of schools and civil rights activism.
- Assassination by gunshot
- Civil rights activist
- 3, Darrell K Evers, James V Evers, Reena D Evers
- Charles Evers (brother)
Mar 3, 2010 · In the driveway outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi, African American civil rights leader Medgar Evers is shot to death by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith.
Jun 12, 2023 · On June 12, 1963, Evers was assassinated at his home in Jackson, Miss., by a Ku Klux Klan member. While other leaders pushed for equality across the U.S., Evers focused on his native...
Jul 26, 2022 · Byron De La Beckwith assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Mississippi on June 12, 1963 — and he wasn't convicted until 1994. Two all-white, all-male juries deadlocked and refused to convict Byron De La Beckwith of murder, leaving him free until the 1990s.
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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....
Jun 11, 2023 · JACKSON, Miss. — The violent threats against civil rights leader Medgar Evers from white supremacists in Mississippi were escalating in 1963. The phone at the family’s home in Jackson rang off...
Jun 12, 2020 · On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist outside his home in Decatur, Mississippi. His death sparked outrage across the nation.
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