Medgar Evers assassinated

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  • Lucas Paul Richert (University of London)

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On 12 June, civil rights leader Medgar Evans was gunned down outside his home. On 5 February 1994, Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan was found guilty of the murder.

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Richert, Lucas Paul. "Medgar Evers assassinated". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008
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Related Groups

  1. American Civil-Rights Movement in the 1960s