Justice for Medgar Evers Comes 30 Years After His Murder

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers arrived home when he was shot and killed. It would be over 30 years before his killer was brought to justice.
    From the Series: America in Color: Crimes of the Century bitly.com/2YozRPm

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  • @mommyshark1124
    @mommyshark1124 3 роки тому +62

    Wow. Seeing this in color makes me emotional. His poor wife. She is a class act. She never gave up & got justice for her husband. It took 30yrs, better late than never. Wishing the Evers family all the best 💞🙏

  • @ahmad.tillery.1987
    @ahmad.tillery.1987 4 роки тому +192

    Medgar Evers was an unsung hero and deserves to be celebrated like Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X.

    • @pinklady4772
      @pinklady4772 4 роки тому +14

      Very true!

    • @andrewwebb-trezzi2422
      @andrewwebb-trezzi2422 2 роки тому +5

      Maybe more so. Who knows.

    • @asiamoore6546
      @asiamoore6546 2 роки тому +2

      Problem is I can’t find him speaking like Malcolm X

    • @Spacepluscaptive
      @Spacepluscaptive Рік тому +6

      @@asiamoore6546 but where did the speeches leave us. Boycotting is key.

    • @TheOfficialTarynTots
      @TheOfficialTarynTots Рік тому +1

      @@Spacepluscaptive Medgar organized boycotts. He scared the racists so badly he became a high priority target. He was getting stuff donr and people connected to him and his speeches.

  • @racafritz
    @racafritz 4 роки тому +95

    Back in the early 90’s Evers son requested a new autopsy on his father. They didn’t have much hope on finding anything because so much time had past. To their surprise he was almost perfectly preserved which helped in finding the evidence they needed for the case to go forward.

    • @tamiekaaugusta4058
      @tamiekaaugusta4058 4 роки тому +27

      😳😳😳 I STILL remember when they opened his casket and he looked like he was asleep and the color was still in his skin....... 😲 I will NEVER EVER forget that, I saw this in the 90's......

    • @trinaj9749
      @trinaj9749 4 роки тому +5

      @@tamiekaaugusta4058 That is amazing and very interesting.

    • @josiecamilo7098
      @josiecamilo7098 3 роки тому +18

      God preserved him oppression is from the devil. He was doing God's work.

    • @brianmcdew5826
      @brianmcdew5826 2 роки тому +4

      I remember ebony magazine

    • @brianmcdew5826
      @brianmcdew5826 2 роки тому +3

      @@tamiekaaugusta4058 I remember also

  • @waltervaught8896
    @waltervaught8896 4 роки тому +41

    So underrated never recognized for his accomplishment. I love you brother happy anniversary R.I.P.

  • @georgeharleydavidsonrider156
    @georgeharleydavidsonrider156 4 роки тому +110

    RIP Brother Medger 🙏
    It’s 2020 and you are not forgotten.

    • @jayskicksnfits9372
      @jayskicksnfits9372 2 роки тому +2

      *Medgar*

    • @brendagray9601
      @brendagray9601 2 роки тому +4

      @@jayskicksnfits9372 you know what she meant, there's no time for English teachers on here

    • @jayskicksnfits9372
      @jayskicksnfits9372 2 роки тому

      @@brendagray9601 Sorry, I don't speak illiterate. 😅 If you're gonna respect the dead, at least spell his name right so don't get mad at me for correcting her. There's always that one MFer with the dead channel that keeps coming for me. Who made that law saying I can't be an English teacher?

    • @brendagray9601
      @brendagray9601 2 роки тому +2

      @@jayskicksnfits9372 but now i know why they keep coming at you, and you still don't know?

    • @jayskicksnfits9372
      @jayskicksnfits9372 2 роки тому +2

      @@brendagray9601 I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing anyway. It's not my fault that they're always coming for me and get mad when I call them out for their stupidity. 😒

  • @boobyhill6921
    @boobyhill6921 4 роки тому +159

    What a coward, shooting a man in the back.

    • @No1important88
      @No1important88 4 роки тому +5

      randy Hill he was a marine. Haha, I dare you to say that to any marine’s face little boy.

    • @Itcool2beu
      @Itcool2beu 4 роки тому +19

      No1important88 you will pay for your karma soon I’m tell you now

    • @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433
      @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433 4 роки тому +24

      @@No1important88 shame on you. Using the USMC to mask your racism & hatred. Really shows the PUNK that you are.

    • @tryomama
      @tryomama 4 роки тому +6

      @@No1important88 well. You can try saying what you just said to a Marine. I want to see how you get beat up.

    • @No1important88
      @No1important88 4 роки тому +3

      @@tryomama You're saying i should say to a marine that i told that guy to call a marine a coward? and hes going to beat me up? hahaha funny

  • @julieenslow5915
    @julieenslow5915 4 роки тому +44

    It's wrong - an embarrassment to everyone - that it took that long to bring his killer to justice. Notice the term in the description to this video: "over 30 years before his killer was brought to justice." No doubt about who the killer was - it just took a very long time to obtain justice. No doubt that "over 30 years" means that many of his family and friends never saw justice served. The question to ask today is - have we improved?

    • @juliomiguel6597
      @juliomiguel6597 Рік тому +3

      yes it should be an embarrassment to everyone that this man was brought to trial for the third time after been acquitted twice, with no new evidence at all and convicted in spite of it.

    • @jumpman71
      @jumpman71 9 місяців тому

      ​@@juliomiguel6597go back to Mexico

  • @joemartin1253
    @joemartin1253 4 роки тому +30

    Medgar Evers death was the first of the major assassinations in the 1960's.

    • @mattcampbell7669
      @mattcampbell7669 3 роки тому +11

      Then it was John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy.

    • @lulubugz2852
      @lulubugz2852 3 роки тому +2

      @@mattcampbell7669 and Fred Hampton, who was killed under director of FBI Hoover , a known racist who hated Black people . Everyone says the 60’s was so groovy but it seems like a very dark time to me .

    • @NoPlainJane-o3c
      @NoPlainJane-o3c 2 роки тому +1

      @@lulubugz2852 yeah. Every era has had its chaotic moments in history but it’s never been captured in frames and widespread like it has with the television.

    • @drphot6050
      @drphot6050 3 місяці тому

      In the U.S. yes but not the diaspora

  • @JelaniWood
    @JelaniWood 4 роки тому +26

    "Words". I have none. Thanks for posting this.

  • @ThickDaMonsta
    @ThickDaMonsta 3 роки тому +35

    Mr. Evers, on behalf of myself and family, we say thank you. Thank you for everything you did in order to get justice for my cousin E. Till. So sorry that it cost you your life. But your death gave blacks in the south hope because that less of an animal that took your life was the FIRST white man EVER convicted in Mississippi for killing a BLACK MAN. Rest in the arms of God sir. Sleep on beloved.

    • @blazee3895
      @blazee3895 13 днів тому

      Blessings to you and your family. I tear up just thinking about Emmett❤️

  • @christophershanklin112
    @christophershanklin112 Рік тому +12

    Breaks my heart, that a man was killed for trying to bring peace in this country that didn’t even accept him as a human being.

    • @maudeboggins9834
      @maudeboggins9834 7 місяців тому +3

      this is what makes me mad & upset when all men served in WW2, black men returned & were not treated as the heroes that they were. Normandy was a scary battle & Mr. Evers braved & fought in that battle & was treated appallingly when he returned. It is nuts & disrespectful.

  • @stazorm1
    @stazorm1 4 роки тому +109

    Shooting a man in the back shows just how "Superior" you are...

  • @leftenantthunder
    @leftenantthunder 4 роки тому +73

    and his widow is still alive. The civil rights era was not very long ago at all

    • @Trund27
      @Trund27 4 роки тому +4

      leftenantthunder so true.

    • @christinebailey9935
      @christinebailey9935 4 роки тому +7

      The times of racial discrimination and inequality of races is a continuing issue. There have been some resolutions. Try driving on I-75 in Georgia and pass a HUMONGOUS Confederate flag,then tell me of the equality of the races.

    • @KennedyMusicTheories
      @KennedyMusicTheories 4 місяці тому

      She is still very beautiful and so very articulate

  • @Despicable12
    @Despicable12 4 роки тому +32

    They got a college name after him in Brooklyn

    • @Trund27
      @Trund27 4 роки тому +6

      Despicable sean that’s good. Keep his name alive.

  • @wendymudkins668
    @wendymudkins668 4 роки тому +50

    Such a waste of a valuable life and what coward shoots a man in the back

    • @Rocketpower713
      @Rocketpower713 4 роки тому +5

      A white man that's who.

    • @Mister006
      @Mister006 4 роки тому +8

      a lot of racist cowards. It kinda goes with the being-a-racist theme.

  • @gonebamboo4116
    @gonebamboo4116 4 роки тому +19

    Let me guess " a lone gunman " strikes again. How many times have we heard that before ?

    • @augustusbetucius1572
      @augustusbetucius1572 3 роки тому +2

      It's unbelievable that this sort of thing had/has a way of happening, along with character assassination such as with Bernie Sanders (among others), or people conveniently dying like Paul Wellstone (among others), and people just unquestioningly believe what they are told. What's worse is how now if you question anything suspicious of this sort in the world of politics, business or finance, people say you're a conspiracy theorist.
      So the politicians, bankers and corporate executives have our best interests in mind, we should trust them implicitly and not ever have any doubts when something unusual occurs. It's like Bill Hicks said "Go back to sleep America."
      Heck, the HSCA said JFK was "probably" killed as a result of a conspiracy, and Coretta Scott King was fully vindicated by a court hearing in the 90s, and yet people still say you're a conspiracy theorist if you point these out.

    • @lulubugz2852
      @lulubugz2852 3 роки тому

      @@augustusbetucius1572 the CIA coined to phrase conspiracy theory to discredit those who spoke of the evils they were doing along with the FBI , to maintain plausible deniability. That should speak on itself .

  • @abshir9677
    @abshir9677 4 роки тому +21

    History is a inconvenient truth to the oppressor.

  • @nyusa78
    @nyusa78 4 роки тому +8

    Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.

  • @Trund27
    @Trund27 4 роки тому +11

    Horrific. A heroic man who tried to change things for the better, just to be shot by a demonic coward.

  • @katiethorne22
    @katiethorne22 4 роки тому +11

    Thank goodness he wasn't found Not Guilty in the first two cases, otherwise double jeopardy would have come into play.

  • @Nomoretears394
    @Nomoretears394 2 роки тому +6

    You are NEVER forgotten we will always remember you as a hero

  • @crb7628
    @crb7628 4 роки тому +22

    Please do more stories on people of color, hardly ever see it on this channel. Thanks!

  • @travelinben1966
    @travelinben1966 2 роки тому +3

    I spoke of you Medgar, but know in my heart,they whatever I had to say would never come close to how I’ll always feel.May Almighty God continue to hold you close, and know that you will always be remembered and loved.

  • @chloethemessenger
    @chloethemessenger 4 роки тому +9

    Thank you for showing a clip of this turning point in American History. 1960 wasn’t that long ago. I don’t know why people still don’t understand why Blacks are upset about racism. It still happening today. RIP Mr. Evers. Your death was not in vain.

  • @willielittle9301
    @willielittle9301 Рік тому +3

    Agreed...Mr. Evers deserves a national holiday as well...RIP great King 🤴

  • @elainesewell9921
    @elainesewell9921 2 роки тому +2

    And the fact the killer didn’t go to jail till 94, and they hv the nerve to tell us how to respond to the violence they perpetrated on us

  • @pinklady4772
    @pinklady4772 4 роки тому +9

    This makes me want to watch "Ghost of Mississippi" again.

    • @ryensolar4000
      @ryensolar4000 3 роки тому +1

      I know!!! Such a great movie

    • @bradsargent1907
      @bradsargent1907 3 роки тому

      @@ryensolar4000 I talk to Beckwith son all the time

    • @ryensolar4000
      @ryensolar4000 3 роки тому +2

      @@bradsargent1907 lol is he racist like his low down dirty father?

    • @bradsargent1907
      @bradsargent1907 3 роки тому +1

      @@ryensolar4000 yes

    • @kbradford4488
      @kbradford4488 Рік тому

      @Brad Sargent well he is one of the only people that will talk with the likes of YOU.

  • @mr.knowbody1988
    @mr.knowbody1988 4 роки тому +6

    Wow! Took that long?

  • @spacewurm
    @spacewurm 4 роки тому +11

    Evers is a hero. People like him are needed once again in this country. Though institutional racism and Jim Crown authoritarianism never died, it certainly is more evident and reenergizing today.

  • @Mikey-wk7qn
    @Mikey-wk7qn 2 роки тому +4

    Rest in heaven Medgar Evans❤️

  • @flame-sky7148
    @flame-sky7148 10 місяців тому +1

    A great American who sacrificed. Thank you Mr. Evers

  • @butterbwoi1344
    @butterbwoi1344 3 роки тому +4

    American history for you, as American as steaming hot apple pie!

  • @StephenLuke
    @StephenLuke 2 роки тому +1

    RIP
    Medgar Evers
    (1925-1963)

  • @dariusthurman8835
    @dariusthurman8835 Рік тому +1

    Thats interesting both Evers and Beckwith both fought in World War 2.

  • @jefferycollins1526
    @jefferycollins1526 2 роки тому +2

    Sadly, a forgotten American hero…

  • @user-dx6bw7ii2y
    @user-dx6bw7ii2y 6 місяців тому

    I agree wholeheartedly ❤

  • @blazee3895
    @blazee3895 6 місяців тому +2

    Why was he not the leader of the Civil Rights Movement🤔

    • @bb3ll07
      @bb3ll07 14 днів тому +1

      My same question

    • @blazee3895
      @blazee3895 13 днів тому

      @bb3ll07 I’ve been doing a lot of research and I think BA would be devastated if they knew the truth about the CRM. Mr Evers di€d two months before the famous March on Washington.

  • @yvonneboaten8289
    @yvonneboaten8289 Рік тому

    Shame on the system

  • @ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox
    @ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox Рік тому

    30 years later?... Lawd

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 2 роки тому

    CORRECTION!!! There is NO "justice" if someone has been killed! There is only revenge!

  • @mcmurphy8117
    @mcmurphy8117 4 роки тому +5

    Only a pawn In their game

    • @_fabio1978
      @_fabio1978 4 роки тому +3

      They lowered him down as a king,❤️

  • @gregjohnson7666
    @gregjohnson7666 3 роки тому

    Good Times brought me here

  • @LordKingWise
    @LordKingWise 4 роки тому +1

    Rest in Paradise Medgar Evers...The coward that shot you is burning in Hellfire.

    • @bradsargent1907
      @bradsargent1907 3 роки тому

      Your God? You don't know that. He may have been forgiven in prison.

  • @reginaldparker3248
    @reginaldparker3248 2 роки тому

    A wrong that will never be made right.

  • @shenellbrown2964
    @shenellbrown2964 4 роки тому

    The hate is real

  • @theendofanerror4173
    @theendofanerror4173 10 днів тому

    1:13 😡😡😡

  • @alimegherbi7807
    @alimegherbi7807 4 роки тому +2

    Good

  • @tamlamoore7962
    @tamlamoore7962 7 місяців тому +1

    TAMLA TANETTE MOORE IS THE MOST HIGH AND UNSTOPPABLE TOO..ASE HEKA AMEN RA AHO MOORE NATION GRAND RISING KARMA 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox
    @ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox Рік тому

    The Murderer....white man.. Byron Beckwith...was a Pastor too...wow

  • @tawandajohnson9997
    @tawandajohnson9997 3 роки тому

    💔💔💔💔

  • @jeffreykirton1780
    @jeffreykirton1780 3 роки тому

    1994? 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @JCarlos.556
    @JCarlos.556 4 роки тому +2

    _ERACISM_

  • @markfrost7986
    @markfrost7986 4 роки тому +1

    There not suppost to try you twice only once here in America only once

    • @BlackSlayer-qi2bu
      @BlackSlayer-qi2bu 3 роки тому +1

      The first trial ended in hung jury, you can be tried another time if it was hung jury. The second one was also hung jury. You can't be tried twice if you are aquitted of the charges the first time.

    • @jayskicksnfits9372
      @jayskicksnfits9372 2 роки тому

      @Mark Frost *They're* ,not There and *supposed* .

    • @jayskicksnfits9372
      @jayskicksnfits9372 2 роки тому

      @@BlackSlayer-qi2bu *acquitted*

    • @BlackSlayer-qi2bu
      @BlackSlayer-qi2bu 2 роки тому +1

      @@jayskicksnfits9372 bro, no one cares about spelling right now.

  • @nunogomes5705
    @nunogomes5705 3 роки тому +2

    AmeriKKKa

  • @Gwenethism
    @Gwenethism Рік тому +1

    60 years approaching… Since u left and approaching 98 since u came!! Never Forgotten GREAT LEADER.. GODSPEED! Also 4/4/23 is 55 years since they took our KING!! Dr. Martin Luther King!

  • @user-sr1jj4ys6h
    @user-sr1jj4ys6h Рік тому

    Communist agitator

  • @adhrs1947
    @adhrs1947 4 роки тому

    First I think?

  • @ebtheceleb7933
    @ebtheceleb7933 7 місяців тому

    They didn't even cuff him.