Byron de la Beckwith papers
Object Details
- Biographical/Historical note
- Byron de la Beckwith (1920-2001) was an American white supremacist and Klansman who was convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi. De la Beckwith was tried for the murder twice in 1964, but in both cases an all-white jury was unable to return a verdict, resulting in mistrials. In 1994 a third jury convicted him of first-degree murder. The 1996 film Ghosts of Mississippi tells the story of the murder and de la Beckwith's eventual conviction.
- Date
- circa 1990
- Extent
- 0.8 Linear feet (1 box)
- Citation
- Byron de la Beckwith papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Mike Ferraiuolo.
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Articles
- Correspondence
- Photocopies
- Newspapers
- Newsletters
- Topic
- Hate crimes -- Mississippi
- Racism
- White supremacy movements
- Identifier
- ACMA.06-051

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