Batavia High School Media Center

Ghosts of Mississippi The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De La Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South
Maryanne Vollers

Describes the three decade process to finally convict the instigator of the assassination of Medgar Evers. In bringing white supremist Beckwith to justice the state of Mississippi faced its violent past and helped begin the journey of an Old South to the New.