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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charles_EversCharles Evers - Wikipedia

    James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers.

  2. www.thehistorymakers.org › biography › charles-eversCharles Evers's Biography - The HistoryMakers

    May 24, 2017 · Biography. Digital Archive. Digital Library. Civic activist and political leader Charles Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi to Jess Wright and James Evers. Evers received his B.S. degree from Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in Lorman, Mississippi in 1950.

  3. www.nytimes.com › 2020/07/22 › usCharles Evers, Businessman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 97

    Jul 22, 2020 · Charles Evers, who gave up life as a petty racketeer to succeed his assassinated brother Medgar Evers as a Mississippi civil rights leader in 1963, becoming the state’s...

  4. www.pbs.org › newshour › nationMississippi civil rights figure Charles Evers dies - PBS

    Jul 23, 2020 · Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press. Leave a comment. Mississippi civil rights figure Charles Evers dies. Nation Jul 22, 2020 9:09 PM EDT. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, the older...

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  6. www.britannica.com › biography › Charles-EversCharles Evers | American civil-rights activist | Britannica

    Medgar Evers (born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Miss., U.S.—died June 12, 1963, Jackson, Miss.) was an American black civil-rights activist, whose murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the cause of the civil rights movement. Evers served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. Afterward he and his elder brother ...

  7. www.wikiwand.com › en › Charles_EversCharles Evers - Wikiwand

    James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers.

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  9. apnews.com › general-news-33010691a252390d97877c7Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

    Jul 23, 2020 · “Justice finally came.” Charles Evers was appointed to lead the Mississippi NAACP after his brother was killed. In 1969, he was elected mayor of the southwestern Mississippi town of Fayette, becoming the first Black mayor of a multiracial town in the state since Reconstruction.

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