Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers
PBS NewsHour
Narrator PBS NewsHour
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
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: —