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The Civil Rights movement is gathering steam. The Klu Klux Klan is trying desperately to halt a process it hates, and cannot understand. Blacks are lynched and murdered, bodies are found at the side of the road or hanging from tree - they usually go unpunished. On June 12, Medgar Evers, a black Civi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Evers-Williams, Myrlie (Speaker), Olgiati, Christopher (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991.
Series:Inside story
Current affairs in video
Subjects:
Evers, Medgar Wiley, > 1925-1963 > Assassination.
Beckwith, Byron de la > Trials, litigation, etc.
Beckwith, Byron de la
Evers, Medgar Wiley, > 1925-1963
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Jackson.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Jackson.
Noirs américains > Droits > Mississippi > Jackson.
Procès (Meurtre) > Mississippi > Jackson.
African Americans > Civil rights
Assassination
Trials (Murder)
Mississippi > Jackson
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Trials, litigation, etc.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The Civil Rights movement is gathering steam. The Klu Klux Klan is trying desperately to halt a process it hates, and cannot understand. Blacks are lynched and murdered, bodies are found at the side of the road or hanging from tree - they usually go unpunished. On June 12, Medgar Evers, a black Civil Rights activist, arrives home late at night; he is shot and fatally wounded. This is a story of elusive justice and vengeance.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 9, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (62 min.).
Playing Time:01:01:46