On May 28, 1963, four African American college students in Jackson, Mississippi, were assaulted for sitting at a segregated lunch counter. Two weeks later, on June 12, an assassin killed civil rights activist Medgar Evers outside his home in Jackson. That summer brought a landmark event in civil rights history.
On May 28, 1963, four African American college students in Jackson, Mississippi, were assaulted for sitting at a segregated lunch counter. Two weeks later, on June 12, an assassin killed civil rights activist Medgar Evers outside his home in Jackson. That summer brought a landmark event in civil rights history.
