NYT > U.S. News Ed King, 89, Scarred Veteran of Mississippi’s Civil Rights Struggle, Dies Par :Adam Nossiter 13 juillet 2026 à 16:29 A minister disfigured in an attack on his life, he became what one historian called “the most visible white activist in the Mississippi movement.” © Jackson State University/Getty ImagesEd King in 1970 speaking at a memorial service for James Earl Green, one of the two students killed during a shooting at Jackson State College that May.