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     • Medgar and Myrlie’s children, Darrell, Reena, and James, lived remarkable childhoods. They met famous activists, entertainers, and presidents; found themselves on magazine covers and in the news; were subjects of court cases challenging school segregation; and lost their beloved father to violence.
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   Who killed Medgar Evers?

   • 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. Evers was gunned down in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi, home on June 12, 1963, while his wife, Myrlie, and the couple’s three small children were inside.

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   What happened to Medgar Evers?

   • The house was firebombed. The kitchen phone rang constantly with threats. Scars from the attacks still remain today. Finally, just after midnight on June 12, 1963, a bullet struck Medgar Evers as he pulled into the driveway. Inside the house, the Evers' three young children heard the gunfire.

   Fifty Years After Medgar Evers' Killing, The Scars Remain

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   Did Medgar Evers fight for civil rights?

   • Medgar Evers battled for civil rights. His home shows what it cost him. Myrlie Evers-Williams sits in her family’s onetime home in Jackson, Miss., feet from a bullet hole in the wall from June 12, 1963. (Rory Doyle for The Washington Post) JACKSON, Miss.

   Medgar Evers and the assassination that shook the civil rights movement

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   Who was Medgar Evers?

   • Medgar Evers, field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was one of the most important figures of the African American civil rights movement. He paid for his beliefs with his life, becoming the first major civil rights leader to be assassinated in the 1960s.

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   Evers was gunned down in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi, home on June 12, 1963, while his wife, Myrlie, and the couple’s three small children were inside.

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   Jun 11, 2023 · JACKSON, Miss. — The violent threats against civil rights leader Medgar Evers from white supremacists in Mississippi were escalating in 1963. The phone at the family’s home in Jackson rang off...

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6. www.kunc.org › npr-news › 2013/08/12Medgar Evers' Son Honors Civil Rights Icon In His Own Way

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   Aug 12, 2013 · By Karen Grigsby Bates. Published August 12, 2013 at 2:26 PM MDT. Listen • 5:13. AP. After Medgar Evers was murdered, his wife, Myrlie Evers, carried on his work. This photo shows Myrlie Evers and her children, Van, 9; Darrell, 16; and Rena, 14, in June 1969 in their Claremont, Calif., home.

7. www.npr.org › sections › codeswitchFifty Years After Medgar Evers' Killing, The Scars Remain - NPR

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   Jun 5, 2013 · Reena Evers-Everette, just 8 years old at the time, says they immediately acted out the emergency drill their family had practiced time and time again: dropping to the floor alongside her...

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   Died: June 12, 1963. Jackson, Mississippi. African American civil and human rights activist. Medgar Evers, field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was one of the most important figures of the African American civil rights movement.

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10. www.cbsnews.com › news › myrlie-evers-opens-upMyrlie Evers opens up about her marriage to civil rights icon ...

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    Jun 12, 2023 · Monday marks 60 years since civil rights activist Medgar Evers was gunned down in front of his Mississippi home while his three children and wife, Myrlie Evers, were feet away. His murder...

11. time.com › 3682880 › behind-the-picture-medgar-eversBehind the Picture: Medgar Evers’ Funeral, June 1963 - TIME

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    Jun 11, 2013 · Civil Rights. Behind the Picture: Medgar Evers’ Funeral, June 1963. 5 minute read. Myrlie Evers comforts her son, Darrell Kenyatta Evers, at the funeral of murdered civil-rights activist...