Byron De La Beckwith was a Mississippi-born white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan member who became the central figure in one of the most infamous racist murders of the Civil Rights era. On June 12, 1963, he lay in wait across the street from the home of Medgar Evers, the #NAACP’s first field secretary in Mississippi, and shot him in the back with a .30-06 rifle as Evers returned from a meeting. The killing came just hours after President John F. Kennedy delivered a national speech on civil rights,

'Byron De La Beckwith Told Me He Killed Medgar Evers'

This Day in True Crime — February 5, 1994 Byron De La Beckwith Sentenced for the Murder of Medgar Evers On February 5, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, more than 30 years after the crime. Evers, a Mississippi NAACP field secretary, was assassinated outside his home in Jackson for his work advocating racial equality and voting rights. Beckwith was tried twice in the 1960s, but both all-white jurie

The sheer *Olympic degree of difficulty* James Woods encountered channeling Byron De La Beckwith is laid bare here. Discussing the transformation for *Ghosts of Mississippi*, the actor details bridging massive gaps in age, physicality, voice, and confronting the character's abhorrent ideology—a challenge spanning decades of preparation. Witness the breakdown of how charming evil is constructed on screen. An absolute masterclass in taking on a role that pushes every boundary. #JamesWoods #ActingC

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