In a Show of Support that Brought Together Different Factions of the Movement, Civil Rights Leaders Joined the Funeral Procession for Medgar Evers, Mississippi

[John F. Kennedy addressing nation on television regarding integration of University of Mississippi, Oval Office, White House, Washington, DC]

Medgar Evers, field secretary for NAACP in Mississippi, was shot and killed in his home state. This photograph shows some of the people who attended his funeral

[National Guard soldiers escort Freedom Riders along their ride from Montgomery to Jackson]

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