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Medgar Wiley Evers is a civil rights campaigner and field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) whose murder in 1963 prompted President John F. Kennedy to ask Congress for a comprehensive civil rights bill. Evers became the first martyr to the 1960s civil rights movement, and his death was.
Jun 12, 2023 · 2 of 15 | . Invited guests exit the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 8, 2023. The new sign is part of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, which includes the development of an outdoor education space and garden area adjacent to the home site and extends access to the Evers story.
Feb 12, 2007 · Medgar Evers, at the time of his assassination in 1963, was the Field Secretary for the Mississippi NAACP and, thus one of the leaders of the civil rights movement in that state. Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi. Evers was inducted into the US Army in 1943 and served in Normandy the following year.
Medgar and Myrlie Evers house will be open for public viewing June 9-12th from 10am to 6pm. All tours will start at Myrlie's Garden on Missouri Street, a short walk from the house.Those visitors who are on the shuttle tour will be dropped off at Myrlie's Garden, and picked up after the house tour.
Oct 29, 2020 · Medgar Evers’ wife, Myrlie Evers, went on to become a renowned civil rights activist in the state and beyond. She even rose to become the national chairperson of the NAACP. In recognition of his dedication to the cause of civil rights, a community pool in a neighborhood in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, was named after him.
Medgar and Myrlie is a forthcoming book by Joy-Ann Reid, a bestselling author and MSNBC host, that tells the inspiring and tragic story of Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie, who fought for civil rights and justice in America. Pre-order now and get a glimpse of their courage, love, and legacy.
- Joy-Ann Reid
The NAACP posthumously awarded Evers the Spingarn Medal, the organization’s highest honor. The City University of New York named their new Brooklyn campus Medgar Evers College in 1970. Myrlie Evers-Williams, Medgar’s wife, continued the struggle for equality and became the first chairwoman of the NAACP in 1995.
