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Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963, an assassin's bullet ended the life of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, the first field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the state of Mississippi. His killer was white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith, who was released after two trials in 1963 ended in hung juries. Nearly thirty-one years would pass... See Full Description
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Drama, Adaptation and Biopic |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 3 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 20, 1996 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 |
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| Distributors: |
Sony Pictures Releasing
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$13,052,741 |
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