- American civil rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and to enact social justice and voting rights
| Real name: | Medgar Wiley Evers | | Born: | 02 July 1925 Comment | | When did Medgar Evers die? / Died | 12 June 1963 | | How many years did Medgar Evers live? / Lived | 37 years | | Where was Medgar Evers born? | Decatur, Mississippi, US | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
Medgar Evers Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Medgar Evers worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Black | | Eyes color: | Black |
Who was Medgar Evers? / Facts
- He is remembered for saying, "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea
- A World War II veteran and college graduate, he became active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s
- He became a field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Following the 1954 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v
- Board of Education that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, Evers worked to gain admission for African Americans to the state-supported public University of Mississippi
- He also worked on voting rights and registration, economic opportunity, access to public facilities, and other changes in the segregated society
- Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council, a group formed in 1954 to resist integration of schools and civil rights activity
- As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery
- His murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art, music and film
- All-white juries failed to reach verdicts in the first two trials of Beckwith
- He was convicted in a new state trial in 1994, based on new evidence
- Myrlie Evers, widow of the activist, became a noted activist in her own right, serving as national chair of the NAACP
- His brother Charles Evers was the first African-American mayor elected in Mississippi in the post-Reconstruction era when he won in 1969 in Fayette
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Last update: 17 February 2017
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