Medgar
Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur Mississippi.
He became the State Field Secretary for the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
On June 12, 1963, Evers was slain in the driveway
of his home, by a sniper's bullet. He was buried
in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
with full Military Honors, having been a veteran
of World War II. A fingerprint found on the telescopic
gunsight near the murder scene was traced to Bryon
De La Beckwith, a white segregationist, from Greenwood,
Mississippi. He was charged with the murder. Two
mistrials were declared when the all white juries
could not break the deadlock. Mr. Evers was also
the subject in two Civil Rights file, wherein,
he took part in demonstrations in Jackson, Mississippi
and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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