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  2. www.usatoday.com › story › newsMedgar Evers awarded Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden

    1 day ago · Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered outside his Jackson home in 1963, was honored by President Joe Biden on Friday. He was named one of 19 recipients ...

  3. www.npr.org › 2023/06/12 › 1180727818Remembering Medgar Evers, 60 years after his death : NPR

    Jun 12, 2023 · Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963 — 60 years ago today — civil rights organizer Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway in Jackson, Miss. He stepped out of his Oldsmobile carrying shirts that...

  4. naacp.org › civil-rights-leaders › medgar-eversMedgar Evers | NAACP

    Medgar Evers. Throughout his short life, Medgar Evers heroically spoke out against racism in the deeply divided South. He fought against cruel Jim Crow laws, protested segregation in education, and launched an investigation into the Emmett Till lynching.

  5. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleHow the assassination of Medgar Evers galvanized the Civil ...

    Jun 12, 2020 · On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist outside his home in Decatur, Mississippi. His death sparked outrage across the nation. Later that month,...

  6. www.nationalww2museum.org › war › articlesMedgar Evers: US Army Veteran and Civil Rights Leader

    February 22, 2021. Top Image: Medgar W. Evers (1925-1963). Courtesy of The City University of New York. Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in the town of Decatur, in East-Central Mississippi. Growing up, Evers regularly witnessed the pervasive and violent racism directed at African Americans.

  7. www.thenmusa.org › biographies › medgar-w-eversMedgar W. Evers - National Museum of the United States Army

    Famous activist, Soldier, and family man Medgar W. Evers was one of the most effective civil rights advocates in Jim Crow Mississippi. He fought for voting rights and desegregation and investigated the murder of 14-year old Emmet Till. His courage in the face of violence and political deadlock inspired countless activists across the country.

  8. www.washingtonpost.com › history › 2023/06/11Medgar Evers and the assassination that shook the civil ...

    Jun 11, 2023 · 10 min. 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...

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