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Jun 11, 2013 · 1. 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 ...
Mar 3, 2010 · 1963. Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated. In the driveway outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi, African American civil rights leader Medgar Evers is shot to death by white ...
Jan 30, 2020 · The American flag is held over the coffin of Evers during his funeral, on June 20, 1963 in Arlington National Cemetery, in Washington, D.C., as his wife Myrlie Evers Williams (R), his daughter and ...
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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 ...
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 in the ...
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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 ...
Feb 3, 2017 · Medgar Evers, then an NAACP field officer in Mississippi, led a secret campaign to find Black witnesses who would come forward in the Till case. Another civil rights leader in the state, Dr. T. R ...
