Murder of Medgar Evers

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
civil rights era event
gptkbp:aftermath galvanized civil rights movement
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Medgar_Evers_Home_National_Monument
gptkb:Medgar_Evers_Boulevard
gptkbp:convictedOf Byron De La Beckwith convicted in 1994
gptkbp:date 1963-06-12
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Murder of Medgar Evers
gptkbp:impact inspired civil rights legislation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national and international attention
gptkbp:motive gptkb:racism
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Byron_De_La_Beckwith
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous books and documentaries
film 'Ghosts of Mississippi'
gptkbp:trial Byron De La Beckwith tried twice in 1964, both ended in hung juries
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Medgar_Evers
gptkbp:weapon shooting
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6