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Jan 30, 2020 · Myrlie Evers and her children view the body of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers during his funeral in Jackson, Mississippi. Even before her husband’s 1963 assassination, Myrlie Evers...
- Evers was a World War II veteran who participated in the Normandy invasion. Born in Decatur, Mississippi, on July 2, 1925, Medgar Evers was the third of five children born to farmer and sawmill worker James Evers and his wife Jesse.
- He was the NAACP’s first field secretary in the South. Returning to Mississippi after the war, Evers attended Alcorn College (now Alcorn State University) on the G.I.
- One of Evers’ first assignments was investigating the murder of Emmett Till. In August 1955, the Chicago-born Till (just 14 years old and visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi) was kidnapped by a group of white men after reportedly flirting with the wife of a local shopkeeper.
- Evers helped integrate Ole Miss. Seven years after Medgar Evers own failed attempt at gaining admittance to the University of Mississippi, he was instrumental in finally desegregating the school through his work with James Meredith.
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Mar 3, 2010 · In the driveway outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi, African American civil rights leader Medgar Evers is shot to death by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. During World War II,...
On February 5, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is convicted in the murder of African American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, over 30 years after the crime occurred.
Aug 28, 2017 · Medgar Evers was a field officer for the NAACP, whose work in Mississippi made him one of the state’s most high profile activists. He led voter registration efforts, organized boycotts of white...
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Feb 5, 2014 · Medgar Evers. As an NAACP field secretary, Medgar Evers became a target for those who opposed racial equality and desegregation. On June 12, 1963 at 12:40 a.m., Evers was shot in the back...
Dec 2, 2009 · President John F. Kennedy meets with Myrlie Evers, two of her children, and Charles Evers, Medgar Evers' brother, on June 21, 1963, two weeks after Evers' assassination by a white supremacist.
