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Medger Evers Murder - Paper

Medger Evers Murder

Medgar Evers was a World War Two veteran and a very important martyr in the Civil Rights movement. He was the first field secretary and a chairman of the NAACP in Mississippi. Medgar traveled around the state to recruit members, organize voter-registration and boycotts. Just hours after President John F. Kennedy gave a speech on Civil Rights, Medgar Evers was shot and killed in an ambush that took place in his front yard. After investigating, Byron De La Beckwith, A white segregationist was convicted of the murder, in his third trial, after two hung juries. Because of Evers murder, President JFK took serious actions to pass a major Civil Rights law in ...

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Added: 3/17/2011 07:27:24 PM
Submitted By: Kellyy
Category: American History
Type: Free Paper
Words: 113
Pages: 1

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