"In 1994, eight black and four white jurors found 74-year-old white supremacist and long-time Klan member Byron De La Beckwith guilty of first-degree murder in the 1963 killing of civil rights activist and U.S. Army veteran, Medgar Evers. De La Beckwith had been tried decades earlier for the infamous and gutless crime — he shot Evers in the back, with a rifle, as the 37-year-old father stood in the driveway of his Jackson, Miss., home — but two trials ended in hung juries. When De La Beckwith was finally held accountable for the assassination in 1994, Evers’ widow Myrlie, who had fought for justice for her husband for more than 30 years, felt she might finally be free of the anger and hate she had borne for so long. Her words upon hearing the verdict? “Yes, Medgar!”
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:02:40 +0000
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