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Medgar Evers was an African-American civil rights activist in Mississippi murdered on June 12, 1963. It was suspected that Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist, was the murderer. He had been tried twice in the 1960s and both trials ended in hung juries. Evers' widow Myrlie Evers had been trying to bring De La Beckwith to justice for over ...
On June 12, 1963, at age 42, De La Beckwith murdered NAACP and civil rights leader Medgar Evers shortly after the activist arrived home in Jackson. Evers was the first NAACP field secretary in the state. De La Beckwith had positioned himself across the street from Evers's home. Using a rifle, he shot Evers in the back. [5]
Medgar Wiley Evers (/ ˈ m ɛ d ɡ ər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi.
Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers on February 5, 1994
Evers investigated lynchings, beatings and other violence that Black residents suffered at the hands of white segregationists. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The post 60 years after Medgar Evers’ murder ...
He was assigned to the Evers case, which he began investigating in 1989. His strong commitment to the case contributed to the break-up of his marriage. DeLaughter is best known for leading the state's successful prosecution of Byron De La Beckwith for the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1994, more than 30 years after the crime.
At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, and as she reflects on his work — and her own ...
Evers Medgar Evers , a 37-year-old African-American civil rights activist, was shot and killed while standing in his driveway in Jackson, Mississippi . [ 59 ] [ 60 ] KKK member Byron De La Beckwith was arrested within two weeks. [ 61 ]