medgar was telling him that was their rights.e would not be allowed back on the properties, and he initiated several boycotts. blacks could buy gas but cannot use the bathroom. the prices in the grocery store would go up when the blacks went in. and they would say you have to stand in line until the whites were served. so he said we will go somewhere or you are treated better. these things started to work because of medgar evers. mississippi did not have any naacp secretaries. his job was to come in and organize 82 counties in the state of mississippi, getting people registered to vote, taking complaints, that type of thing, and checking what was going on. i believe he was selected by the national naacp office to do that after he tried to get into the university of mississippi. now ole miss. they denied him admission and this is when the national naacp ask him to be a field secretary. to do that, he had to come into jackson. maybe at first they didn't take medgar too serious, it was only after he came into jackson and really bega

medgar and that is your right.e they were not allowed medgar to home to their properties and when word got out of what he was doing he started initiating several boycotts and where they could buy gas but cannot use the bathroom. the rices -- prices rose and the blacks went in and a lot of times they said you had to stand in line until the whites were served. medgar said don't buy groceries or the gas and we will go somewhere where you treat us better. these things were beginning to work because of medgar evers. mississippi had not hadn't naacp secretary and his job was to come in and organize 82 counties in the state of mississippi at getting people registered to vote and taking complaints and just checking what was going on. i believe he was selected by the national naacp office to do that after he tried to get into the university of mississippi which is now ole ms.. when they denied him admission this is when the national naacp asked him to become field secretary. to do that he had to come into jackson. may be at

these things started to work because of medgar evers.ississippi did not have any naacp secretaries. his job was to come in and organize 82 counties in the state of mississippi, getting people registered to vote, taking complaints, that type of thing, and checking what was going on. selected by the national naacp office to do that after he tried to get into the university of mississippi. now ole miss. they denied him admission and this is when the national naacp ask him to be a field secretary. he had to come into jackson. maybe at first they didn't take him to serious, it was only after he came into jackson and really began to get things flowing, so to speak, and he got involved with the student movement. riders whoe freedom came in. begank that's when people to see this man is shaking things up and he will not give up. wlbt to makeenged a speech -- lacks could not blacks could not make a speech on television. when i went only away to college. he was not on television. he was not on radio. this is when people begin to see they were not g

before medgar, the naacp did not have a secretary. he got people registered to vote, taking com place of employments and checking what was going on. i believe he was selected by ncaap to do that. when ole miss denied him admission. he had to come into jackson to start with ncaap. they did not take him serious until after he came into jackson and to get things flowing so to speak and got involved with the student movement. you had the freedom riders who came in and i think that is when people began to see he was shaking things up. he did not give hundred when he blacks could not speak. i heard it when i went away to college. he was not on television. he was not on radio. so i think this is when people began to see -- they were not going turn people around. i call them the grassroot people. the foot soldiers began to get involved, women, children, began to get involved. this is when they saw this man is really shaking things up. >> don't shop for anything on capitol street. let's have the merchants build economic capitol pension.>> he -

and so medgar evers decided to stay right here in mississippi, and thank god he did. ♪ the washingtonorrespondent for the detroit free press michigan, a battle count straight -- battleground street. give us a sense of the political landscape right now. todd: the political landscape in michigan is not promising for president trump and his reelection efforts in michigan. right now it looks like the state he was able to flip in 2016, michigan is the furthest out of reach. it has looked that way all along, but it is far more seen in the polling now. the most recent poll we have seen from our pollster shows a 12 point lead for biden in the wake of the pandemic. there was a hot spot in michigan for a while. a lot of partisan feelings. then having the military come into deal with protests, and some of the tweets president trump has done fighting with governor whitmer, who was well liked michigan according to polls. at this point, things look pretty bad for him. that does not mean he could not make it back up, but comparing michigan with wisconsin and pennsylvania, other states he won closely

when you think about how long it took medgar evers and his family to get justice. and you think about what happened with the lovings. it took a while. there's a great documentary about the lovings on pbs and it just follows them almost like a docu-series. almost like a modern docu-series and their story is amazing. this is about civil rights, equality, human rights, but it doesn't always come easy. and it doesn't always come fast, as the president would like to say. or he says, at least. >> we've always struggled. this has always been an experiment. what we've been trying to do here has always been hard. the founders knew that it would be hard. they were here, running for their lives as well. different issues but the same idea of letting a minority be able to live out, on its own terms. and we're still fighting for it. but it is not easy, don. and i don't think anybody can really imagine how hard it is. >> yeah. and the -- the weird thing is that, you know, people say, i look at interviews and i look at things that happen. i was talking to your wife today. we had a

medgar's wings must be clapping. so i can see what happened in mississippi as either astonishing and amazing after all this time or as totally predictable, of course, because of all this time, right? this is a big change in the place that seemed absolutely hardest to change even when other places that were hard to change were willing to go there, mississippi wouldn't. but then they flipped the polling in less than two years. all of that work over all of those years and decades, all of that effort, the lawsuits, the marches, the people who got arrested, the people who brought bills to the floor of the legislature and were told, no, we're not going to hear it let alone vote on it. they said, forget it. this will not change. we will never change this. it didn't change for all those years until finally yesterday, it did. we are living in a time that feels very grim. i know it can feel hopeless. but if that big a change turns out was ready to happen in mississippi, what else could change right now? what else is possible?

>> yeah, and i would mention another one, craig, the murder of medgar evers in his driveway with hisamily inside, in june of 1963, which shook john f. kennedy, president john f. kennedy, whose priority up until then had been to pass a massive tax cut. that had been the top thing on his agenda. he was pushed to move on civil rights because, in part, of the slaying of medgar evers who was the field secretary for the naacp in mississippi, the hardest state to move in terms of allowing black people to vote, 6% of african-americans at the time were registered to vote because of terrorism, and he was killed by a member of the white citizens council who wanted to shut down any notion that black men and women would feel they had full citizenship and the right to vote let alone the ability to integrate restaurants, swimming pools, et cetera. medicigar evers' murder is not talked about as much, but the university of mississippi violently rejected integration, which moved john f. kennedy to send the civil rights act of 1963 to the congress. it was that act, that after kennedy himself was slain,

. >> reporter: king, focusing on the day brooks died, june 12th, the same day civil rights leader medgar was killed in 1963, the day nelson mandela was sentenced to prison. >> so june 12th is now a constant reminder of the struggle for justice. >> reporter: today a rallying cry for peace. >> make us better people no matter the race, let's treat each other how we wanted to be treated as people >> reporter: and a message for those protesting >> we've got to keep on walking together and marching together and standing together, and together we will win! >> reporter: blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >>> in 60 seconds one of the world's top tennis superstars testing positive for covid-19 after a controversial tournament what it means for other pro sports as they try to get back to game on >>> one of the world's top tennis players novak djokovic has tested positive for covid-19 after a controversial tournament and it comes as sports remain in limbo and leagues like the nba, major league baseball, and the nfl try to map out alternative seasons. here is nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: the

momentum, today a quieter, but just as powerful call to action 87-year-old myrlie evers the widow of medgar her own protest at her retirement home, a pioneer from the past ushering in change for the future miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> tonight there is outrage in georgia after a voting meltdown on this primary day particularly in areas with higher black populations. nbc's blayne alexander is in atlanta. >> reporter: this is primary day in georgia. lines in atlanta stretching for blocks, some standing in the rain, forced to wait hours to cast a ballot you've been here about three hours. >> i'm not leaving >> reporter: why are you so intent upon staying here >> it's important. it is important for me it's important for my son. >> reporter: georgia unveiling new voting machines statewide right in the midst of a pandemic >> several of the machines were broken it seemed like maybe half the machines were down >> it was a disappointment this is something that should have been checked yesterday. >> reporter: the biggest problems in metro atlanta, specifically areas with higher black po

quieter but just as powerful call to action. 87-year-old merle evers the widow of civil rights activist medgar her own protest from remember we tirmt homretir. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> video captures the shocking moment an officer was set on fire during a protest against police brutality in mexico a warning, some may find it disturbing the officer was getting on his motorcycle, a protester is pouring a flammable liquid on his back he suffered burns on his neck and torso in stable condition. no word on whether any arrests were made there. >>> let's get a check of your wednesday weather and bring in janessa webb good morning >> good to see you both this morning. thanks for joining us. we are watching a high impact weather day across the great lakes into the ohio valley, and this actually just got increased to a moderate risk this is kind of rare that we see for the ohio valley for this afternoon and into this eveningr record warmth across the northeast this afternoon for bismarck into the dakotas, slightly cooler and a little bit of sunshine. and it's time we talk about swampy

today marks the 57th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader, medgar evers, in jackson, mississippi. c-span traveled to jackson to tour his house and learn more about the tragic events of 1963.

. >> after midnight on june 12, medgar evers stepped into his car on his driveway.ainst the carport light behind him. a shot from a high-powered rifle shatters the nighttime silence. he fell, fatally wounded. he was 37. he had been secretary of the naacp mississippi for nine difficult years. let's let the merchants down on capitol street feel the economic pinch. don't shop for anything on capitol street. i had one merchant call me and he said, i want you to know that i talked to my national office today, and they want me to tell rou that we don't need nigge business. these are stores that help support the white citizens council, a council dedicated to keeping you and i second-class citizens. let us not trade at these stores. let's serve our friends, -- our friends, relatives, neighbors not to trade at these stores. finally, we will be demonstrating here until freedom here in negroes jackson, mississippi. [applause] >> late male -- in late may, they opened a full-scale action committee. lacked mass support from the city's 50,000 new gross. at a lunchonstrators counte

. >> reporter: king focusing on the date brooks died, june 12th, the same day civil rights leader medgaras killed in 1963, the day nelson mandela was sentenced to prison. >> so june 12th is now a constant reminder of the struggle for justice. >> reporter: today a rallying cry for peace. >> let my uncle's death make us better people no matter the race. let's treat each other how we want to be treated as people. >> reporter: and a message for those protesting. >> we got to keep on walking together and marching together and standing together. and together we will win! >> reporter: blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >>> coming up for us, donald trump's people said the boss was just kidding. a new ad begs to differ. and then just today the president backed them up. >>> last thing before we go tonight, as soon as the president tossed out to his sparse tulsa rally audience that he'd told his people to slow down testing, the cleanup effort got under way. aides to the president affixed their straight faces and insisted he was kidding until the president himself confirmed it. it's a familiar and

. >> today marks the 57th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader, medgar evers and jackson, mississippi. c-span traveled to jackson to tour his house and to learn more about the tragic event of 1953. ♪ >> now, for many of us who have gone overseas, fought for this country, fought for mississippi and we fought for alabama and we fought for north carolina and we fought for illinois and we fought for every state in this union, now we will stay here and see the things that the mayor has said become a reality. >> fifteen minutes past midnight adverse got out of his car in the negro residential area. about 40 yards away they fired a

today, also, marks 57 years since civil rights hero medgar evers' assassination after weeks of attacks threats. his killer avoided justice, twice, when all white juries deadlocked. he wasn't convicted until 1994. why do we have to look at the past? because we don't want to be doomed to repeat it. we don't want it to be the way that it was.

i hearken back to the stand at the schoolhouse door, the murder of medgar evers and the bombing of those children. and our friend john lewis being beaten on the edmond pettus bridge in selma. that galvanized americans to make very important changes. we are at that other moment. it seems tommy blanton's passing is coming at a time when america is finally recognizing the multigenerational failures that we've had. blanton's kind are fading away, and that's good thing. as we move to a more just society, we will have a more inclusive society, one that we can build together. >> thank you for joining us this evening, senator doug jones of alabama. >>> joining me now is republican strategyist susan del percio and sirius xm analyst zerlina maxwell. as i talked to senator jones of alabama, it came to mind that the state of mississippi voted to take the confederate emblem out of the mississippi flag. this is something that is just symbolic but significant. >> it is very significant, rev. i believe it passed the house 91-23. >> this is the mississippi house. >> the mississippi house, yes. i think it

medgar evers was assassinated. malcolm x was assassinated. how did this change martin luther king?f. joseph: i think those assassinations helped turn king into this pillar of fire he becomes in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968. the black power movement comes about. king is critical of the black power movement, but he is supportive of black power activists including carmichael, including smith. he starts to connect to racial and economic justice. he makes the argument materialism, racism and militant is him are the triple -- -- militarism are the triple evils facing humanity. he is very critical of white supremacy. he is critical of racial segregation. the best example of where his politics are is when you think about the poor people campaign. he starts the poor people campaign with marian wright edelman. he is inspired by bobby kennedy saying bring poor people to washington, d.c. bobby kennedy goes to being a critic of king to being someone who is more supportive. even though there -- their personal relationship is never necessarily fully repaired. we think about the poor people's campaign,

. >> reporter: king focusing on the date brooks died, june 12th, the same day civil rights leader medgarlled in 1963, the day nelson mandela was sentenced to prison. >> so june 12th is now a constant reminder of the struggle for justice. >> reporter: today a rallying cry for peace. >> let my uncle's death make us better people no matter the race. let treat each other how we want to be treated as people. >> reporter: and a message for those protesting. >> we got to keep on walking together and marching together and standing together. and together we will win! >> reporter: blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >>> coming up for us, donald trump's people said the boss was just kidding. a new ad begs to differ. and then just today the president backed them up. and right now, is a time for action. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance. because it's the right thing to do. we're also giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can take care of things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. right now is the t

today marks the 57th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader medgar evers in jackson, mississippi. to learn his house more about the tragic events of 1963. >> for many of us who have gone overseas and fought for this country, fought for mississippi, fo

mississippi has been taken by the state jackson is 80 percent black and it you know bears the name of medgar evers the slave you know civil rights leader x. so until we can see that kind of change you know funding historically black universities at the same rate that they on traditional whiteness to 2 things are majority white is teaching teens when they formed public schools that are majority black relatives of those schools that are majority white until we see that type of change and you know. you know that the flag of the symbol. it will leave will be and i think they. have been a mistake so that is what. we have to see these. punitive only right now we have to get rid of the. mansion and indeed the fight goes on byron de andre henri there a professor of political science at jackson state university really great to get your insights and your thoughts here on al-jazeera thank you for joining us professor thank you very. well now demonstrators in the u.s. state of colorado are demanding justice for ally john mcclane he's a black man who died after being pushed into a chokehold by police las

division has played a major role in a number of critical cases, including the prosecution and murders of medgar evers and dr. martin luther king. yes, we have something to do here in washington. the obama administration made policing reform a priority. the civil rights division was active in helping oversee pattern and practices of police department abuses and entered numerous consent decrees with seattle, with new orleans, on ferguson, with baltimore, and with cleveland. why? because we had cases that needed that federal oversight. we saw that there was use of force across the country, including even in my home state, that we needed to address. in 2006, auto zem, a man with development disabilities, was wrongfully accused of stealing money from an a.t.m. mr. zimm was improperly hog-tied by police, placed on his stomach, and he died from lack of oxygen to his brain. in such a case, unbelievable, as he was dying, he said i was just on my way to get a snicker bar. it breaks my heart that somebody with mental disabilities was treated this way. his death was ruled a homicide. i'm sorry. there was a