In the early morning of Wednesday, June 12, 1963, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's nationally televised Civil Rights Address, Evers pulled into his driveway after returning from a meeting with NAACP lawyers. What will happen to Black Panther now that Kind TChalla is gone? Malvina Reynolds referenced Evers's murder in her song, "It Isn't Nice". In 1983, a television movie was made based on the book. My immediate reaction was, That is a cat. It was much bigger than any kind of a house cat. [45] Evers was the subject of the students' research project. "We just had a 5-year-old baby get killed at a convenience store," Potts said. All that has been put to rest, however, as the movie showed that the next Black Panther would be Shuri TChallas sister. [25] Evers, who was regularly followed home by at least two FBI cars and one police car, arrived at his home on the morning of his death without an escort. Black Panther in Mississippi - Y'all need your eyes checked. The latter two seem unlikely given that there have been no confirmed sightings of mountain lions in Mississippi in more than 100 years. His widow Myrlie Evers became a noted activist in her own right, eventually serving as national chairperson of the NAACP. No. A National Self-Defense 2nd Amendment Assembly will be held Sunday in Natchez, along with the Juneteenth Black Unity Family Festival at the Devil's Punch Bowl. She just saw my pictures.. [33], De La Beckwith was convicted of murder on February 5, 1994, after having lived as a free man for much of the three decades following the killing. Either of these cats (and many other wild cats) can occur with melanistic coloration, when melanism occurs the coat is dark or black in color. There is also a subspecies of cougar known as a panther located in Florida. Some of the coyotes were brought into the Carolinas by fox hunters. 12 63. As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Phil Ochs referred to Evers in the song "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" and wrote the songs "Another Country" and "Too Many Martyrs" (also titled "The Ballad of Medgar Evers") in response to the killing. His wife, Myrlie, was the first to find him. Black Panther did not die in battle at all. If you make a purchase through one of these links, we may earn a commission. However, high fantasy and fiction are his primary interest, especially Tolkien's Middle-earth universe, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and Marvel universe. Replies (2) 6 0. wickowick LSU Fan Head of Island Member since Dec 2006 45147 posts. Likely? Are we talking about feral housecats (you know that they get a lot bigger when they go wild) or are we talking about Mountain Lions, or some other cat. The risk was so high that before his death, Evers and his wife Myrlie had trained their children on what to do in case of a shooting, bombing or other kind of attack on their lives. This "mutation"-type occurence is hereditary but does not transfer wholly from generation to generation, thus just one cub from a litter might have this coloring. [63], In the 2011 film The Help, a clip of Medgar Evers speaking for civil rights is shown on TV, quickly followed by news of his assassination, and a glimpse of an article by his widow published in Life magazine.[64]. In 2017, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers House was named as a National Historic Landmark. I am guessing that the capture and killing of it are illegal??? The only question is, who will become the next Black Panther? Registered: Jun 2003 Proud member of Team Mad Dog. Matthew Jones and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Singers recorded a version of the latter song. Location: North MO A notable example of how size can play tricks on people is a buck killed by Lesley Cannada of Hinds County while hunting with her husband, Scott, in 2018. In fact, a mountain lion was killed by a hunter recently in Arkansas, only 80 miles from Mississippi. Biologists were relatively quick to refute the claimexplaining it was an average house cat that looked larger than it actually is due to the optical perspective and lack of anything in the video to directly compare sizes. Evers's family had worried for his safety that day; Evers himself had warned his wife that he felt in greater danger than usual. FBI article: Civil Rights in the '60s: Justice for Medgar Evers, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medgar_Evers&oldid=1134165567, 4, Dylan J Robinson, Darrell K Evers, James V Evers, Reena D Evers, This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 08:46. For those who dont know or dont remember, I want to briefly touch upon how Chadwick Boseman passed away, as his passing is the only reason why the scripts and the future of Black Panther needed to be changed. The same book says there aren't any mountain lion in the state! Police killed 1,127 people in 2020 alone, according to Mapping Police Violence (MPV), and as of Oct. 6, police have killed nearly 800 people in 2021. Finally, the mid-credits scene proved that TChalla, or his legacy, truly didnt end with his death. However, he was a radio-collared wolf so things proved out in the end. Posts: 507, Have to disagree on this 1. In the footage Sluder posted to Facebook, he says, Man, Im 100 yards away from this cat right now. Also, we have small 'honey bears', least thats what we call them, about 3-4 foot tall, bout 300lbs, guessing, lol..just a light brown to honey color. Instead, they leave it up in the air. [2] His murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests, and his life and death inspired numerous works of art, music, and film. I sat on this for a few days, thinking, Do I even want to tell people this? Martin would serve as a martyr for the movement after he was killed in Memphis in 1968, while. 2023, Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of WAPT-TV. Well, at least King TChalla, but lets not spoil the little details! Follow The Clarion-Ledger Outdoors on Facebook and @BrianBroom on Twitter. During the trial, the body of Evers was exhumed for an autopsy. They tried getting pics of its tracks but the snow was too hard to find any.