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Locals faced daily threats, intimidation, and violence. Many were arrested, beaten, or even killed. The emotional toll of living under Jim Crow and fighting against it was immense. For example, Medgar Evers, a local NAACP leader in Mississippi, Evers was assassinated in 1963. His death galvanized the movement further.
Image: Medgar Evers at the White House, 1961.
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