Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr

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Abbreviations ACMHR Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations CAA Council on African Affairs COFO Council of Federated Organizations COGIC Church of God in Christ CORE Congress of Racial Equality FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FCC Federal Communications Commission ICC Interstate Commerce Commission IHL Institutions of Higher Learning LEAC Legal Educational Advisory Committee LDF Legal Defense and Educational Fund LOC Library of Congress MDAH Mississippi Department of Archives and History MIA Montgomery Improvement Association MSC Mississippi Southern College NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NVS Newton Vocational School PCEEO President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity RCNL Regional Council of Negro Leadership SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee UDL United Defense League UMC University Medical Center UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization WCC White Citizens’ Council WPC Women’s Political Council xi Williams2RevisedPages:Layout 1 9/7/11 9:52 AM Page xi Williams2RevisedPages:Layout 1 9/7/11 9:52 AM Page xii Medgar Evers Williams2RevisedPages:Layout 1 9/7/11 9:52 AM Page 1 0 40 80 Miles Williams2RevisedPages:Layout 1 9/7/11 9:52 AM Page 2 ...