Byron De La Beckwith Jr.

GPTKB entity

Statements (84)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkb:Assassin
gptkb:court_cases
gptkbp:appeals_to unsuccessful
gptkbp:arrested_for February 5, 1994
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkbp:birth_date November 9, 1920
1920-11-09
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Vicksburg,_Mississippi
gptkbp:birth_year gptkb:1920
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery,_Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:career_start born in Mississippi
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:Medgar_Evers
gptkbp:children gptkb:Byron_De_La_Beckwith_Jr.
three children
gptkbp:clinical_trial gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkb:1964
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
not guilty
acquitted
1964 trial
1964 trial for murder
gptkbp:controversy racial tensions in the South
gptkbp:convicted_of gptkb:murder_of_Medgar_Evers
gptkb:the_murder_of_Medgar_Evers
gptkb:murder
gptkb:Murder
gptkbp:court gptkb:C._W._Mc_Clain
gptkb:Robert_P._Mc_Culloch
C. W.
gptkbp:criminal_charge gptkb:murder
gptkbp:death_date 2001-01-21
January 21, 2001
gptkbp:death_year gptkb:2001
gptkbp:documentary ' The Ghosts of Mississippi'
' The Murder of Medgar Evers'
gptkbp:family married to Mary Beckwith
gptkbp:first_trial_date gptkb:1964
gptkbp:first_trial_outcome mistrial
gptkbp:historical_impact highlighted racial tensions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Byron De La Beckwith Jr.
gptkbp:image Byron De La Beckwith.jpg
gptkbp:influence white supremacist ideology
Southern segregationist movements
gptkbp:influenced_by segregationist ideology
gptkbp:is_motivated_by racial hatred
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Judge_L._M._H._Mc_Rae
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Assassination_of_Medgar_Evers
Civil Rights Movement opposition
gptkbp:legacy controversial figure in American history
symbol of racial violence
gptkbp:legal_representation gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:legal_status deceased
gptkbp:media_coverage extensive
high-profile trial
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:United_States_Army
U. S. Army during World War II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_event assassination of Medgar Evers
gptkbp:notable_for assassination of Medgar Evers
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Businessman
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Vicksburg,_Mississippi
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:political_affiliation gptkb:White_Citizens'_Council
White supremacist
gptkbp:public_reaction controversial
gptkbp:related_cases Civil Rights cases
gptkbp:retrial_outcome guilty
gptkbp:second_trial_date gptkb:1965
gptkbp:second_trial_outcome not guilty
guilty
gptkbp:second_trial_year gptkb:1966
gptkbp:sentence life imprisonment
gptkbp:speed 1994 retrial
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Beckwith
gptkbp:third_trial_date gptkb:1994
gptkbp:third_trial_outcome guilty
gptkbp:used_for gptkb:murder_of_Medgar_Evers
gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of ballistics evidence
gptkbp:witnesses Eyewitnesses
gptkbp:years_active 1960s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Medgar_Evers
gptkb:The_Ghosts_of_Mississippi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5