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Byron De La Beckwith convicted on this date in 1994 in Medgar Evers assassination
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoByron De La Beckwith was convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers on February 5,...
On This Day, Feb. 5: White supremacist convicted of killing Medgar Evers
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPolice investigate the home of Medgar Evers, field secretary for the NAACP, who was shot to death by...
South is reckoning with past by renaming, removing shrines to the past. What is next?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAfter myriad renamings of revered military bases and other institutions, plus the removal of...
Medgar Evers is one of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. We don’t talk about him...
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: Sixty years after Evers' assassination, many people still don't know the story of Medgar...
Today in History: FEB 5, Senate acquits Trump
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history, though a majority of senators expressed unease with ...
This is America: The persistence of formidable women, from Myrlie Evers to Patty Murray
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe first time I interviewed civil rights icon Myrlie Evers a decade ago, she was about to deliver...
OnPolitics: Civil rights icon Myrlie Evers continues to fight for justice
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHi there, OnPolitics readers! At 90 years old, civil rights pioneer Myrlie Evers is still organizing...
Family ties strong for Badgers' Nick Evers, distant cousin of a slain civil rights leader
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoMADISON – Wisconsin quarterback Nick Evers never met his distant cousin, one of the more influential...
The City's 'Economic Development Week' kicks off this week. See what's planned
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo Finance· 1 week agoThis week kicks off the City of Jackson's "Economic Development Week," which started Monday with a...
"There are two Americas": Joy-Ann Reid on the legacy of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJoy-Ann Reid Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Black America has always had a complicated...