Reed Massengill to speak about new edition of his book ‘Portrait of a Racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers’

~ from the East Tennessee Historical Society

WHEN: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

WHERE: East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN

Reed Massengill will speak about his book Portrait of a Racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers and share why we should still be discussing the 1963 assassination of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers and the 30-year quest to bring his killer to justice. Perhaps — even 61 years after his assassination — Medgar Evers’ life and legacy are more relevant than ever. For more information about this event, visit https://www.easttnhistory.org/event/medgar-evers-byron-de-la-beckwith-and-me-why-portrait-of-a-racist-remains-relevant-in-the-21st-century/ or call the East Tennessee Historical Society at 865-215-8830.

About the Speaker

Reed Massengill is a widely published writer and photographer who was born in Knoxville and received his journalism degree from UT in 1984. The new University of Tennessee Press edition of his 1994 book Portrait of a Racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers has been issued with a new afterword and revealing new material that helps put this 20th Century crime in a 21st Century context.