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  2. Medgar Evers - Wikipedia

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    Medgar Wiley Evers (/ ˈmɛdɡər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP 's first field secretary in Mississippi. Evers, a United States Army veteran who served in World War II, was engaged in efforts to overturn racial segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the ...

  3. Byron De La Beckwith - Wikipedia

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    Byron De La Beckwith Jr. (November 9, 1920 – January 21, 2001) was an American white supremacist and member of the Ku Klux Klan who murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1964, he was tried twice on a murder charge in Mississippi. The all-white male juries each ended in hung juries, and De La ...

  4. USNS Medgar Evers - Wikipedia

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    Medgar Evers. USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) is a Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy. As part of the Navy's Combat Logistics Force, her mission is to deliver ammunition, provisions, dry stores, refrigerated food, spare parts, potable water, and diesel and jet fuel to U.S. Navy and allied ships while at sea. The ship ...

  5. Slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers' work honored with ...

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    Civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered outside his Jackson home in 1963, was honored by President Joe Biden on Friday. He was named one of 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of ...

  6. Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, also known as Medgar Evers House, is a historic house museum at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive within the Medgar Evers Historic District in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Built in 1956, it was the home of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–1963) at the time ...

  7. Civil rights figure Charles Evers, brother of Medgar Evers, dies

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    Charles and Medgar Evers both served in the military during World War II, and they became active in the NAACP when they returned to their home state of Mississippi and continued to face ...

  8. Civil rights figure Charles Evers dies, brother of Medgar ...

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    Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, died Wednesday. Evers died of “natural causes” at a home in the ...

  9. Charles Evers - Wikipedia

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    Battles/wars. World War II. 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. [1] After serving in World War II, Evers began his career as a disc ...

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