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Byron De La Beckwith was a white supremacist and a member of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1964, he was tried twice on a murder charge in Mississippi. The all-white male juries each ended in hung juries, and De La Beckwith went free. In 1994, based on new evidence, he was tried again.
Byron De La Beckwith ( 9 de novembro de 1920 — 21 de janeiro de 2001) foi um estadunidense supremacista branco e membro da Ku Klux Klan. Foi condenado pelo assassinato de Medgar Evers, ativista negro que defendia os direitos civis .
3 de abr. de 2014 · Byron De La Beckwith was a segregationist and Ku Klux Klan member who killed civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. He was convicted of the murder in 1994 after two previous trials ended in hung juries.
23 de jan. de 2001 · Byron De La Beckwith, whose 1994 conviction in the murder of a civil rights leader three decades earlier symbolized a transformation in Mississippi, died on Sunday night in Jackson, Miss. He...
Beckwith was a Ku Klux Klan member who shot and killed civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963. He was finally convicted in 1994 after a long legal battle led by Evers' widow Myrlie.
26 de jul. de 2022 · Learn how Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist and KKK member, shot and killed civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963, but escaped conviction for 30 years. Discover the evidence, the trials, and the legacy of this tragic crime.
12 de jun. de 2020 · Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist and NAACP leader who was killed by a white supremacist in 1963. It took 30 years and three trials to convict Byron De La Beckwith, who died in prison in 2001.
