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As statues fall, protests rise, civil rights museums are key
by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 12, 2020 12:01 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 12, 2020 at 12:12 am EDT
Noelle Trent, who serves as the director of interpretation, collections and education at the National Civil Rights Museum, poses for a photo Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn., in the museum s combating Jim Crow gallery. (Max Gersh/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
JACKSON, Miss. In 1963, Margaret Walker’s neighbour, civil rights activist Medgar Evers, was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist, in Jackson, Mississippi.
Then, 150 miles north of Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.