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Beckwith, Byron de la

Biography:

American white supremacist (b. Nov. 9, 1920, Colusa, Calif.—d. Jan. 21, 2001, Jackson, Miss.), was the convicted murderer of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. On June 12, 1963, Evers, the Mississippi field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was shot and killed in an ambush in front of his home. Beckwith was charged with the murder, but he was set free in 1964 after two trials resulted in hung juries. He was convicted in a third trial held in 1994 and given a life sentence. -- Encyclopedia Britannica

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Citizens' Council Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Being married to a Negro is--just different (Clippings (information artifacts))
• Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
  • Mississippi challenges - progress report; 17 January 1965 (Text)
  • Photograph of Byron de la Beckwith; July 1963 (Black-and-white photographs)
• Civil Rights Oral History Interviews (Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
  • Flip Schulke describes his experiences photographing race issues in Mississippi and the south (Sound)
• FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  • Murder of Lillie Belle Allen, York, Pennsylvania, 1969 July 21 (Federal government records)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Heath--Freedom Summer Volunteers - Missing volunteers, 1964 (William Heath research papers, 1963-1997; Z: Accessions, M2009-045, Box 3, Folder 10) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Heath--Mississippi and the Ku Klux Klan, 1964 (William Heath research papers, 1963-1997; Z: Accessions, M2009-045, Box 5, Folder 14) (Reports)
  • Heath--Violence in Mississisppi - Civil rights hearings, Jackson, Miss., 1964 (William Heath research papers, 1963-1997; Z: Accessions, M2009-045, Box 4, Folder 4) (Legal documents)
  • King--January 1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 2) (Reports)
  • King--June 1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 7) (Reports)
  • King--MFDP, Voter Registration, DNC Challenge, Freedom Vote (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 15) (Reports)
  • King--Mississippi Summer Project, miscellaneous files (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 21) (Reports)
  • King--Pre-1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 1) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, 1963-1965 (except Waveland, Mississippi, November 1964) (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 20) (Correspondence)
  • Waskow--SNCC original correspondence and mailings, 1963-1964 (Arthur Ocean Waskow papers, 1943-1977; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 5, Box 15, Folder 11) (Correspondence)
  • Zinn--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee papers, administration, 1963-1965 (Howard Zinn papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 2, Folder 11) (Correspondence)
• Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Denise Lemane to "Dear James" (10 October 1962) (Correspondence)
• Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
  • Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23 (Black-and-white photographs)
• New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
  • Frances Pauley (1905-2003) (Articles)
• Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006 (Atlanta History Center)
  • Lonnie King interview (MovingImage)