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Medgar Evers' killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist [View all]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/medgar-evers-killer-klansman-trump-162736499.htmlMedgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist
Jerry Mitchell
Thu, February 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM PST
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a “racist.”
Edits to the brochure have removed that reference to Byron De La Beckwith, according to Park Service officials, who asked not to be named for fear of retribution. Other edits include eliminating the reference to Medgar Evers lying in a pool of blood after being shot.
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