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Medgar Wiley Evers (/ ˈ m ɛ d ɡ ər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi.
27 Σεπ 2024 · Medgar Evers (born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Mississippi, U.S.—died June 12, 1963, Jackson, Mississippi) 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.
3 Απρ 2014 · Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. As such, he organized voter-registration efforts and economic boycotts, and investigated...
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.
12 Ιουν 2017 · Throughout the early Civil Rights Movement, Evers worked in Mississippi organizing protests and establishing local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Early Life and Education. Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Miss.
Evers began his journey as a civil rights activist when he and five friends were turned away from a local election at gunpoint. He had just returned from the Battle of Normandy in World War II and realized fighting for his country did not spare him from racism or give him equal rights.
Medgar Evers Biography. 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 ...
