Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers
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Nearly half a century since his murder, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was honored in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. PBS NewsHour correspondent Gwen Ifill examines the life and legacy of Evers - a World War II veteran and the NAACP's first field secretary in the South - with Jerry Mitchell of The Clarion-Ledger newspaper.
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