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26 de jul. de 2022 · Byron De La Beckwith, The Klansman Who Nearly Got Away With Killing Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers. 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 ...
The Medgar Evers family, which now included two children, Darryl Kenyatta and Reena Denise, came to Jackson in January 1955 – the couple in 1960 had another son, James Van Dyke. Once in Jackson a residence for the family was quickly secured followed by the selection of the new NAACP office in the business hub of the local Black community on North Farish Street.
The day after Evers’ funeral, Mayor Thompson appointed the city’s first black police officer, as part of an agreement reached with black leaders in the aftermath of Evers’ murder. Although the settlement was not a complete victory for Jackson’s black citizens, it was a major step toward the goals for which Medgar Evers had fought.
12 de jun. de 2023 · Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963 — 60 years ago today — civil rights organizer Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway in Jackson, Miss. He stepped out of his Oldsmobile carrying shirts that read "Jim Crow Must Go." Then, in a vacant lot about 40 yards away, a sniper fired a single shot from a high-powered rifle at Evers' silhouette.
Evers, Medgar Wiley. July 2, 1925 to June 12, 1963. As field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Mississippi from 1954 until his death in 1963, Medgar Evers played a pivotal role in the civil rights organization’s expansion in the South. Although the NAACP leadership sought to challenge ...
23 de ene. de 2001 · He was 80. Mr. Beckwith died at the University of Mississippi Medical Center shortly after he was moved there from a prison 13 miles away, said Ken Jones, a corrections agency spokesman. The cause ...
Medgar returned home just after midnight. Myrlie and the children had waited up and were watching TV together. They heard Medgar’s car in the driveway. Then they heard a shot. The children immediately responded as they had practiced—they fell to the ground and made their way to the bathroom. The older children helped 3-year-old James into ...
