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| Title: | Medgar Evers |
| Date: | 1963-1964 |
| Description: | Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur Mississippi. He became the State Field Secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. On June 12, 1963, Evers was slain in the driveway of his home, by a sniper's bullet. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. with full Military Honors, having been a veteran of World War II. A fingerprint found on the telescopic gunsight near the murder scene was traced to Bryon De La Beckwith, a white segregationist, from Greenwood, Mississippi. He was charged with the murder. Two mistrials were declared when the all white juries could not break the deadlock. Mr. Evers was also the subject in two Civil Rights file, wherein, he took part in demonstrations in Jackson, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Federal government records |
| Subjects: | Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963--Assassination | Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963--Death and burial | Beckwith, Byron de la | African American men--Mississippi--Jackson | African American men--Death | African American men--Violence against--Mississippi--Jackson | African American civil rights workers--Mississippi | Men--Violence against--Mississippi--Jackson | Shooting (Execution)--Mississippi--Jackson | Rifles--Mississippi--Jackson | Gunshot wounds--Mississippi--Jackson | Assassination--Mississippi--Jackson | Assassination--Investigation--Mississippi--Jackson | Homicide--Mississippi--Jackson | Murder--Investigation--Mississippi--Jackson | Criminal investigation--Mississippi--Jackson | Violent deaths--Mississippi--Jackson | Political violence--Mississippi | Governmental investigations--Mississippi | Civil rights--Mississippi | African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi | Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi | Intervention (Federal government)--Mississippi | Violence--Mississippi | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) | Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes--United States | Murderers--Mississippi | Segregationists--Mississippi | Mississippi |
| Collection: | FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection |
| Institution: | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Contributors: | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection (United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
| Online Publisher: | [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation | 2000/9999 |
| Original Material: | 1 file (212 p.) Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://vault.fbi.gov/Medgar%20Evers |
