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Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco Jun 13, 2023

Exactly 60 yrs ago, on June 12, 1963, NAACP Mississippi field secretary, Medgar Evers, returned home. Carrying "Jim Crow Must Go" t-shirts, he was shot in the back. His wife found him bleeding at the door. He died later. At his funeral, brutal police tactics failed to suppress anger among 1000s of mourners. Later, Medgar received the 1963 Spingarn medal for his contributions and sacrifice.

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Eboni.ai 👩🏾‍💻Jun 13, 2023

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The Medgar Evers case has always haunted me due to the cockiness of his murderer and how he evaded justice for 30 years.

His son, Delay de la Beckwith, is the subject of a documentary called “The Last White Knight.”

Paul Saltzman, who is Jewish, was attacked by Delay in Mississippi when trying get intel on a KKK meeting.

He travelled back to Mississippi 45-50 years later to meet up with Delay de la Beckwith, which is the premise of the documentary.

http://movingbeyondprejudice.com/the-last-white-knight/

‘The Last White Knight – Is Reconciliation Possible?’ | Moving Beyond Prejudice

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Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

@etebur indeed. I have seen that documentary, and it always struck me as overly generous for Saltzman to commend Beckwith Jr. for being a little bit open minded, just because Beckwith Jr. sort of reluctantly acknowledges that maybe he was taught wrong. Listen to any Ku Kluxxer and you will see that what they say, is riven with contradictions—-sometimes in the same sentence.