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(MC)Which event during the Civil Rights era did the most to focus the attention of white Americans on the struggles of African Americans in the South?
A.assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
B. murder of volunteers during Freedom Summer
C.assault on Freedom Riders in Alabama
D. assassination of Medgar Evers in Mississippi.

From my understanding I was told the answer is not A or B.

I may be wrong. But I’m a little stumped on this question. Please help.

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Answer:

D. assassination of Medgar Evers in Mississippi.

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The correct option is D.

What made Medgar Evers stay in Mississippi?

On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist outside his home in Decatur, Mississippi. His death sparked outrage across the nation. Later that month, participants in the Walk to Freedom March in Detroit, Michigan, held up signs in Evers' honor.

When was Medgar Evers's assassination?

It was June 12, 1963, in a suburban neighborhood of Jackson, Mississippi. A 37-year-old civil rights activist named Medgar Evers had just come home after a meeting of the NAACP. As he began the short walk up to his single-story rambler, the bullet struck Evers in the back.

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