June 11, 1963: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 1
About this episode
The episode discusses the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers by Byron de la Beckwith and the circumstances surrounding the event.
On the night of June 11, 1963, Byron de la Beckwith murdered Medgar Evers with a single shot. But how did he end up hiding in a bush across the street from the home of a civil rights leader? Sources & Further Reading: Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers. Univ. of Tennessee Press. Zinn, Howard. (1964) SNCC: The New Abolitionists. Beacon Press. Boston. Mendelsohn, Jack. (1966) The martyrs : sixteen who gave their lives for racial justice. Harper & Row https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/12/issue.html https://www.lodinews.com/features/vintage_lodi/article_426cb4b4-269e-5c6f-ba07-7e92ecf23142.html https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/witnesses/medgarevers.htm https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/medgar-evers-and-the-origin-of-the-civil-rights-movement-in-mississippi https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnalhn/runawayslavenotices.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith-dies-killer-of-medgar-evers-was-80.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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