Black and white photo of Medgar Evers, from the neck up, looking straight at the camera. There is an out of focus sign in the background that says “Mississippi.”
Today in #LaborHistory 2/5/1994: Jury convicted Byron De La Beckwork of murdering #CivilRights leader #Medgar Evers, only 31 years after the fact.
#workingclass #assassination #racism #mississippi #naacp #segregation #blackhistorymonth
TOO MANY MARTYRS aka THE BALLAD OF MEDGAR EVERS - Phil Ochs, 1964 #medgar #evers #medgarevers #emmetttill #civilrights #protest #civilprotest #music #musicsky #folkmusic #60s #1960s #racism #endracism #fdt #f47
Black and white photo of Medgar Evers, from the neck up, looking straight at the camera. There is an out of focus sign in the background that says “Mississippi.”
Today in #LaborHistory 2/5/1994: Jury convicted Byron De La Beckwork of murdering #CivilRights leader #Medgar Evers, only 31 years after the fact.
#workingclass #assassination #racism #mississippi #naacp #segregation #blackhistorymonth
