Byron De La Beckwith
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Byron De La Beckwith was a white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan member best known for assassinating civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963 and being convicted decades later.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ku Klux Klan member
ⓘ
human ⓘ white supremacist ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 80 ⓘ |
| arrestedFor | murder of Medgar Evers ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Citizens' Councils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| causeOfImprisonment | racially motivated murder ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convictedOf | murder of Medgar Evers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-11-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 1994-02-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfCrime | 1963-06-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-01-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | De La Beckwith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Byron De La Beckwith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | white supremacy ⓘ |
| legalSignificance | example of delayed justice in civil rights era murders ⓘ |
| memberOf | Ku Klux Klan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| notableCourt | Hinds County Circuit Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCrime | murder of Medgar Evers ⓘ |
| notableEvent | retrial for Medgar Evers murder in the 1990s ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassination of Medgar Evers ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation | fertilizer salesman ⓘ |
| opposedBy | civil rights activists ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Pacific Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penalty | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Colusa, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCrime | Jackson, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jackson, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | opposition to civil rights movement ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Ghosts of Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mary Louise Williams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thelma Lindsay Neff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trial |
1964 Medgar Evers murder trials
NERFINISHED
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1994 Medgar Evers murder trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialOutcome | hung jury ⓘ |
| victimOfCrime | Medgar Evers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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