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Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers

PBS NewsHour

Narrator PBS NewsHour

Publisher: NewsHour Productions

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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.
Duration: 4 minutes (00:04:29)
Publishing date: 2013-06-05; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —