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Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers by PBS NewsHour

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Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers

by PBS NewsHour

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Length 4 minutes

Language English

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Summary

Nearly half a century after his murder, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was honored in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Gwen Ifill examines the life and legacy of Evers -- a World War II veteran and the NAACP's first field secretary in the South -- with Jerry Mitchell of Jackson, Mississippi's The Clarion-Ledger newspaper.

Politics & Economy Nonfiction