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3 de abr. de 2014 · Civil rights activist Medgar Evers served as the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi until his assassination in 1963.
Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi, the third of five children (including elder brother Charles Evers) of Jesse (Wright) and James Evers. [3] The family included Jesse's two children from a previous marriage. [4] [5] The Evers family owned a small farm and James also worked at a sawmill.
- Assassination by gunshot
- Civil rights activist
- 3, Darrell K Evers, James V Evers, Reena D Evers
- Charles Evers (brother)
7 de jul. de 2021 · Medgar Wiley Evers, civil rights activist, voting rights activist and organizer, was born 96 years ago this month in tiny Decatur, Mississippi. He would go on to become one of the nation’s most significant 20th-century voices in the causes of civil rights and social justice before being assassinated at the age of 37.
Born: July 19, 1925. Decatur, Mississippi. 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.
Hace 1 día · March 17, 1933, Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. (age 91) Notable Family Members: spouse Medgar Evers. Myrlie Evers-Williams (born March 17, 1933, Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.) is an African American activist and the wife of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, whose racially motivated murder in 1963 made him a national icon.
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Medgar Wiley Evers ( Decatur, Misisipi, 2 de julio de 1925 - Jackson, Misisipi, 12 de junio de 1963) fue un activista estadounidense por los derechos civiles que luchó contra la segregación racial en la Universidad de Misisipi y por la justicia social y el derecho de voto de la población afroamericana .
Medgar Wiley Evers was born in 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi, to James and Jessie Evers. During his childhood in Decatur, Evers encountered overt racism on a daily basis. When he was twelve years old, a family friend was lynched, and the man’s bloody clothing hung on a fence for more than a year as a sign of intimidation.
