In the book The Help, the Medgar Evers’ Assassination is a crucial historical element portrayed. In the 1960’s segregation was a significant deal that affected many lives. During this time period many historical events were in duration for example, Martin Luther King, Jim Crow Laws, Rosa Parks, and the March to Washington are just a few to name. The Medgar Evers’ assassination was an important historic element in American history, was portrayed in the novel The Help, and was presented differently in the novel.
Medgar Evers’ was a black civil-rights activist who received national attention in the civil rights movement (Britannica). Medgar and his brother organized the NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was the first field secretary for the organization and he travelled to recruit members and organize drives and boycotts. On June 11, 1963, Medgar was assassinated by a white man in front of his house outside of his car in the driveway. He had said “If I die, it will be in a good cause”, and “ I’m looking to be shot” (Poinsett). The Evers’ assassination was one of the most
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Somebody white. The KKK was here, five minutes away, to hunt down a colored man. I want a close that back door.” (Stockett #229). Aibileen explains how frightened she was as an African American living in Jackson, Mississippi. In the novel, Stockett describes that Medgar Evers had served as the Field Secretary for the NAACP and that he was shot by a white man who jumped from the bushes and that the KKK was involved. The reporter mentions Evers was brought to the hospital and that his wounds were fatal. In the novel, the historic element is portrayed through the reactions days after the assassination. Stockett explains how, “colored people march up High Street the day after Mister Evers’ funeral” (Stockett #231). She describes how the policemen know who killed him, but they don’t release his