>> all i can see is i enjoyed my 22.5 years as public safety commissioner in the city of birmingham. i don't believe i owe the taxpayers of birmingham anything. they're going to owe me almost two and a half years back pay. >> don't shop for anything on capitol street. these are stores that helped to support the white citizens council. >> medgar evers, operating in and around jackson, mississippi, the heart of resistance to desegregation. >> the nbc network affiliate was notorious for featuring segregation speeches and become such a problem that medger evers demanded equal time. >> when the jackson, mississippi, television station found itself under threat from the fcc, they agreed to allow medgar everers to go on television and make a statement about the goals of the movement.