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Feb 6, 2024 · Activist Medgar Evers was killed in 1963 by a white supremacist outside his home in Mississippi. His murder thrust Myrlie Evers into the spotlight, becoming a freedom fighter in her own right.
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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.
In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers arrived home when he was shot and killed. It would be over 30 years before his killer was brought to justice.
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Jun 12, 2023 · On June 12, 1963, Evers was assassinated at his home in Jackson, Miss., by a Ku Klux Klan member. While other leaders pushed for equality across the U.S., Evers focused on his native...
Jun 12, 2023 · It's been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home. Several events have been held in Mississippi this month to commemorate the work of Evers...
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Medgar Wiley Evers ( / ˈmɛdɡər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP 's first field secretary in Mississippi. He was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith.
