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Today in Labor History February 5, 1994: A jury convicted Byron De La Beckwork of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers, only 31 years after the fact. Edgars fought to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end segregation of public facilities, and expand voting rights for African Americans He was the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi. He was also a decorated US Army veteran who served in World War II.

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I still make the same typo with the word almost every day.
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The administration found an interesting way to be horrible on this anniversary:

https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/visitor-brochures-returned-medgar-evers-home/

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Visitor brochures are returned to Medgar Evers home - Mississippi Today

Officials with the National Park Service said they had removed brochures to the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument that identified his murderer as a racist because they were “outdated.”

Mississippi Today