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Medgar Evers murderer convicted

Medgar Evers murderer guiltyKu Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

The 1996 film Ghosts of Mississippi tells the story of the murder and 1994 trial. James Woods portrayed Beckwith in an Academy Award-nominated performance.

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