- Collection:
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
- Title:
- Medgar Evers
- Creator:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1963/1964
- Subject:
- 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
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963--Assassination
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963--Death and burial - People:
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
Beckwith, Byron de la - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- federal government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- 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. - Metadata URL:
- http://vault.fbi.gov/Medgar%20Evers
- Extent:
- 1 file (212 p.)
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Rights: