June 11, 1963: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 1

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

timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/…
lodinews.com/features/vintage_lodi/article_426…

jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/witnesses/medgarevers…
mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/medgar-evers-an…

sites.rootsweb.com/~tnalhn/runawayslavenotices…
nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith…
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