60 years ago today, Mississippi @NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers, a #WW2 veteran who fought in Normandy, was murdered outside his home in Jackson. His case was reopened in 1989, & his assassin finally convicted 5 years later. #history https://t.co/dWOmVWcdGO

— Jerry Mitchell (@JMitchellNews) June 12, 2023