Medgar+Evers+is+Murdered+.

Name of Event (1 pt)
 * Medgar Evers is Murdered !**

When/Where this event took place (2 pts)
 * Mississippi. June 12, 1963**

Who was involved? (3 pts) The court system.**
 * Byron De La Beckwith.

What happened during this event (2-4 sentences) (4 pts)
 * Evers was walking up to his house with t-shirts that said "Jim Crow must go!"**
 * and was shot in the back by Beckwith. Evers' kids witnessed his murder. The gun he was shot with was found with fingerprints and everything. but the shooter was said to be innocent by an all white jury. He was finally put into jail for life, and died at the age of 90.**

What is the significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement? (4-5 sentences) (8 pts)
 * This event was just another case in the eyes of the jury, and the racist people of mississippi. But to everyone else it was a sign that things needed to change. Things like this always happened, and the same outcome always came out. Evers was part of a hit list that consisted of 9 people. This list was full of people that were trying to integrate public places. Evers and his family recieved a number of threats, and other things. But Evers still proceeded to do what he believed in. He worked for the NAACP, and was constantly giving the speech that everyone was equal. Not everyone wanted to hear that speech, not everyone believed in it. So the non-believers were willing to do anything to get that point across.** **He most likely also got killed just because he was a black man living his life.**

On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) how great of an impact do you think this event had on the Civil Rights Movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (8 pts)
 * I think it was at least a 6. I choose that number because things like that always happened. It meant alot to the people that wanted equal rights, and for the racisim to end. But to everyone else is was just another black man dead. It's just another case that will never end up fair, that's stockpiled on all the other cases just like it. This shows that the justice system is unfair because of the racism people have. If people can't look past the color of someones skin to prove a guilty man guilty then they're just selfish.**

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