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The other assassination in 1963 had as its victim, Medgar Evers, the field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi.

Posted by Metric Clay on September 11, 2009 at 12:43pm

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The other assassination in 1963 had as its victim, Medgar Evers, thefield secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi.This video examines Evers' drive to get blacks to vote, the hardships they encountered at the registration office, his murder in his driveway, how the police tried to provoke violence at his funeral, and how all-white juries refused to convict his killer in the 1960's.

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