not come in. it was the day that president kennedy pleaded with the nation for a civil rights act. 50 years ago today. and 50 years ago tonight, just after midnight, with the woolworths mob still fresh in the headlines and the reports of the alabama governor in the schoolhouse door and president kennedy making that speech on civil rights, with those reports not yet published in the morning papers, after midnight, 50 years ago, medgar ever was was killed. mr. evers was gunned down in his driveway in jackson, mississippi, when he pulled up to his house after an naacp meeting had run late. they taught their kids to drop to the floor at the sound of gunfire. after they heard the shots that night, hit the floor, they got up and opened the door, there was medgar evers, husband, father, dying. his car keys were still in his hand along with a stack of t-shirts that said "jim crow must go." there was no conviction in his murder for another 30 years. medgar evers was never as famous as martin luther king or rosa