60 years ago, Medgar Evers became a martyr of the Civil Rights Movement
By Julian Ring
Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963 — 60 years ago today — civil rights organizer Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway in Jackson, Miss.
He stepped out of his Oldsmobile carrying shirts that read "Jim Crow Must Go."
Then, in a vacant lot about 40 yards away, a sniper fired a single shot from a high-powered rifle at Evers' silhouette.
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