Original sentence: A college graduate, Evers became active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s.Board of Education that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, Evers challenged the segregation of the state-supported public University of Mississippi, applying to law school there.Evers was awarded the 1963 NAACP Spingarn Medal.Following the 1954 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v.He also worked for voting rights, economic opportunity, access to public facilities, and other changes in the segregated society.He was assassinated by Byron de la Beckwith, a white supremacist and Klansman
Edited sentence: He was assassinated by Byron de la Beckwith, a white supremacist and [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansm.I think he is a great person for what he did and I'm doing a project on him