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medgar evers simple english wikipedia the free encyclopedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide getting around main page simple start simple talk new changes show any page help contact us about wikipedia special pages search search appearance give to wikipedia create account log in personal tools give to wikipedia create account log in contents move to sidebar hide beginning 1 life 2 death 3 references 4 other websites toggle the table of contents medgar evers 26 languages العربية azərbaycanca català čeština dansk deutsch english esperanto español eesti euskara فارسی suomi français hausa עברית bahasa indonesia italiano 日本語 nederlands português русский српски srpski svenska yorùbá 中文 change links page talk english read change change source view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read change change source view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export make a book download as pdf page for printing in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from simple english wikipedia the free encyclopedia medgar evers born medgar wiley evers 1925 07 02 july 2 1925 decatur mississippi u s died june 12 1963 1963 06 12 aged 37 jackson mississippi u s cause of death murder by gunshot nationality american education alcorn state university occupation civil rights activist spouse s myrlie evers m 1951 1963 until his murder children 3 parent s james evers father jesse wright mother 1 medgar evers 1961 medgar wiley evers july 2 1925 june 12 1963 was an american civil rights activist from decatur mississippi he is best known for his work to overturn racial segregation in the united states in the 1950s and early 1960s he was a world war ii veteran and became a field secretary for the national association for the advancement of colored people naacp after the 1954 ruling of the united states supreme court in brown v board of education that segregated public schools were unconstitutional evers worked to get african americans admitted to the all white university of mississippi evers also worked for other changes in the nation s then segregated society such as voting rights and registration economic opportunity and access to public facilities for african americans on june 12 1963 he was fatally shot 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 in america his murder and the resulting trials led to many civil rights protests an all white jury failed to convict de la beckwith in his first two trials de la beckwith was convicted however 30 years later in a new state trial in 1994 that was based on new evidence evers wife myrlie evers later became a noted activist in her own right serving as national chair of the naacp his brother charles evers became the first african american mayor elected in the state of mississippi in 1969 in fayette mississippi life change change source medgar wiley evers was the third of the five children born to jesse wright and james evers the family included his father jesse s two children from a previous marriage 2 3 the evers family owned a small farm and his father also worked at a sawmill 4 evers walked twelve miles to attend segregated schools and earned his high school diploma 5 evers served in the united states army during world war ii from 1943 to 1945 he fought in the battle of normandy in june 1944 after the end of the war evers was honorably discharged as a sergeant 6 in 1948 evers enrolled at alcorn college now alcorn state university majoring in business administration 7 he also competed on the debate football and track teams sang in the choir and was junior class president 8 he earned his bachelor of arts in 1952 7 he married classmate myrlie beasley in 1951 while they were still in college 9 together they had three children darrell kenyatta reena denise and james van dyke evers 10 the couple moved to mound bayou mississippi a town that was founded by african americans there evers became a salesman for t r m howard s magnolia mutual life insurance company 11 in 1954 evers applied to the segregated university of mississippi law school as a test case for the naacp but his application was rejected because of his race 12 13 in late 1954 evers was named the naacp s first field secretary for mississippi 4 in this position he helped organize boycotts and set up new local chapters of the naacp he was involved with james meredith s efforts to enroll in the university of mississippi in the early 1960s 13 evers also helped dr gilbert mason sr organize the biloxi mississippi wade ins protests against segregation of public beaches on the mississippi gulf coast 14 evers civil rights work and leadership made him a target of white supremacists his public investigations into the 1955 lynching of teenager emmett till had made him a prominent black leader on may 28 1963 a molotov cocktail was thrown into the carport of his home 15 death change change source on june 12 1963 evers pulled into his driveway after returning from a meeting with naacp lawyers as evers was getting out of his car he was shot in the back and the bullet passed through his heart he was taken to a hospital in jackson mississippi where he was first refused entry because of his race after his family explained who he was the hospital went on and admitted to evers he died in the hospital about 50 minutes later 16 as a veteran evers was buried with full military honors at arlington national cemetery 17 18 references change change source per charles evers bio have no fear page 5 james charles evers black past medgar w evers civil rights activist mememorial org archived from the original on 2013 06 11 retrieved 2017 04 11 1 2 williams reggie 2005 july 2 remembering medgar afro king american red star p a 1 retrieved october 26 2009 from black newspapers sina freedom hero medgar wiley evers the my hero project 2005 retrieved october 25 2009 evers williams myrlie marable manning 2005 the autobiography of medgar evers a hero s life and legacy revealed through his writings letters and speeches basic civitas books isbn 0 465 02177 8 1 2 harvard university w e b du bois institute evers medgar 2 july 1925 12 june 1963 civil rights activist was dubois fas harvard edu archived from the original on 5 october 2017 retrieved 11 april 2017 padgett john b medgar evers archived 2015 10 05 at the wayback machine the mississippi writers page university of mississippi 2008 retrieved september 2 2010 thomas united states library of congress june 9 2003 commending medgar wiley evers and his widow myrlie evers williams for their lives and accomplishments designating a medgar evers national week of remembrance and for other purposes introduced in senate is thomas loc gov archived from the original on july 4 2016 retrieved april 11 2017 dustin cardon jackson free press january 21 2013 myrlie evers williams jacksonfreepress com national association for the advancement of colored people june 24 2013 naacp history medgar evers naacp org archived from the original on october 4 2013 retrieved april 11 2017 myra ribeiro 1 october 2001 the assassination of medgar evers the rosen publishing group p 16 isbn 978 0 8239 3544 4 retrieved september 27 2012 1 2 nikki l m brown barry m stentiford september 30 2008 the jim crow encyclopedia greenwood milestones in african american history greenwood publishing group pp 277 78 isbn 978 0 313 34181 6 retrieved september 27 2012 dorian randall june 17 2013 medgar evers direct action archived from the original on january 21 2014 retrieved january 17 2014 hank johnson january 21 2013 h res 1022 honoring the life and sacrifice of medgar evers and congratulating the united states navy for naming a supply ship after medgar evers beta congress gov birnbaum p 490 ellis kate smith stephen 2011 state of siege mississippi whites and the civil rights movement american public media retrieved february 19 2011 baden m m 2006 chapter iii time of death and changes after death part 4 exhumation in spitz w u spitz d j eds spitz and fisher s medicolegal investigation of death guideline for the application of pathology to crime investigations fourth edition charles c thomas pp 174 83 springfield illinois other websites change change source wikimedia commons has media related to medgar evers jfk first draft condolence letter to medgar evers widow june 12 1963 archived may 20 2022 at the wayback machine shapell manuscript foundation audio recording of t r m howard s eulogy at the memorial service for medgar evers june 15 1963 jackson mississippi myrlie evers 28 june 1963 he said he wouldn t mind dying if life pp 34 47 gwin minrose mourning medgar justice aesthetics and the local march 11 2008 southern spaces http southernspaces org 2008 mourning medgar justice aesthetics and local medgar evers in the u s federal census american civil rights pioneers medgar evers biography at africawithin com medgar evers on imdb imdb com archived 2016 05 04 at the wayback machine fbi article civil rights in the 60s justice for medgar evers archived 2016 03 07 at the wayback machine medgar evers s fbi file hosted at the internet archive medgar evers at find a grave retrieved february 22 2010 medgar evers one person one vote archived 2016 08 23 at the wayback machine retrieved from https simple wikipedia org w index php title medgar_evers oldid 10983590 categories 1925 births 1963 deaths american military personnel of world war ii burials at arlington national cemetery military people from mississippi african american military personnel national association for the advancement of colored people assassinated american politicians hidden categories pages using infobox person with multiple spouses pages using infobox person with multiple parents articles with hcards no local image but image 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