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2 days ago

Trump Admin Doesn't Want Us to Call the Klansman Who Murdered Medgar Evers a Racist

On Thursday, Mississippi Today reported that several officials, who requested anonymity out of fear of retribution, said NPS told them to remove visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and edit out details about Beckwith. Among the details reportedly flagged for removal: that Evers was found lying in a pool of blood after he was shot. The brochures referred to Beckwith as "a member of the racist and segregationist White Citizens' Council."
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

MLK Jr's Son Accuses Trump-Run National Park of Erasing' and Sanitizing' History By Deleting Racism References to Medgar Evers' Assassin

Medgar Evers' assassination galvanized mass civil rights protests and helped spur the Civil Rights Act while his killer initially avoided conviction due to Jim Crow-era racial exclusion from juries.
Black Lives Matter
fromwww.brooklynpaper.com
9 months ago

Daughters of civil rights icons call for action and remembrance at Medgar Evers College Brooklyn Paper

The Daughters of the Legacy event celebrated the impact of Medgar Evers and Malcolm X, highlighting how their daughters continue and create legacies.
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