Sunday, February 5, 2012

THIS DAY IN HISTORY FEB. 5

     On February 5, 1994 Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.  The murder of civil rights figure, Evers, plays a prominent part in the recent book and film The Help.

No comments:

Post a Comment