🗓 OTD in 1963, Medgar Evars was assassinated. He was an American civil rights activist and WWII veteran. Learn about why he was assassinated ⬇️ 🎥America in Color: Crimes of the Century | Smithsonian Channel

In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers had just arrived home when he was shot and killed in his driveway. It would take over 30 years for his killer to be brought to justice. 🎥America in Color #BlackHistoryMonth | Smithsonian Channel

Medgar Evers was a pioneering civil rights activist, NAACP field officer, and distinguished WWII veteran. Targeted for his civil rights work, Evers was shot and killed in his own driveway in 1963 - today is the anniversary of his tragic death. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in front of a crowd of 3,000. In 1964, two all-white juries allowed the murderer, Byron De La Beckwith, to go free. Beckwith was finally convicted in 1994, a full thirty years after the murder. From America in