jun 12, 1963 - Assassination of Medgar Evers
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Assassination of Medgar Evers. De La Beckwith planned more direct action than economic boycotts. On June 12, 1963, at age 42, he assassinated NAACP and civil rights leader Medgar Evers shortly after the activist arrived home in Jackson.
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