[PAR] [TLE] Byron De La Beckwith [SEP] Byron De La Beckwith, Sr. (November 9, 1920 – January 21, 2001) was an American white supremacist and Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi, who in 1994 was convicted of assassinating civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers on June 12, 1963.  Two previous trials in 1964 on this charge had resulted in hung juries.  Seven years after being convicted of killing Evers, De La Beckwith died in prison in 2001 at the age of 80 while serving a life sentence. [PAR] [TLE] Ghosts of Mississippi [SEP] Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American biographical courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods.  The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
[PAR] [TLE] Byron De La Beckwith [ SEP ] Byron De La Beckwith , Sr . ( November 9 , 1920 – January 21 , 2001 ) was an American white supremacist and Klansman from Greenwood , Mississippi , who in 1994 was convicted of assassinating civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers on June 12 , 1963 . Two previous trials in 1964 on this charge had resulted in hung juries . Seven years after being convicted of killing Evers , De La Beckwith died in prison in 2001 at the age of 80 while serving a life sentence . [PAR] [TLE] Ghosts of Mississippi [ SEP ] Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American biographical courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin , Whoopi Goldberg , and James Woods . The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith , the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers .
What town was home to the man whose trial was the basis for the film Ghosts of Mississippi?
What town was home to the man whose trial was the basis for the film Ghosts of Mississippi ?
Greenwood, Mississippi
Greenwood, Mississippi