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June 12, 1963

Medgar Evers Assassinated

Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi.

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July 2, 1925

Medgar Evers Born

Medgar Evers, NAACP field secretary whose assassination galvanized the civil rights movement, was born in Decatur, Mississippi.

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June 8, 1994

Haiti Founded as Republic

Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of the 1963 murder of Medgar Evers, 31 years after the crime.

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