Medgar+Evers+is+murdered

Name of Event (1 pt) ** Medgar Evers is Murdered **

When/Where this event took place (2 pts) **On June 12, 1963 in Mississippi**

Who was involved? (3 pts)
 * Byron De La Beckwith**

What happened during this event (2-4 sentences) (4 pts)
 * He was shot in the Back while he was walking to his house. When he was shot his two kids witnessed him get murdered. When he was walking he had t-shirts in his arms that said " Jim Crow Laws Must Go". He was killed also because he started an organization of boycotts so black peolpe would not be able to go in their bathrooms.**

What is the significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement? (4-5 sentences) (8 pts)
 * How this changed the Civil Rights Movement was because he lived where blatant discrimination where blacks dared not to speak of civil rights, also his occupation was a civil rights/ human rights activist. Also he was the field secretary for (NAACP).**

On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) how great of an impact do you think this event had on the Civil Rights Movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (8 pts)
 * A 10 because His occupation was a civil rights/ human rights activist. Also he was the field secretary for (NAACP). He organized boycotts so that blacks can not go in the bathroms. He lived ina place where blacks did not dare to speak about the civil rights. Also he became the first cdivil rights leader to get assainated. The assaination of a prominent black figure brought out the violence.**

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