Medgar Evers was a Civil rights activist. He was born on July 2nd, 1925, in Decatur Mississippi. In 1954 he Became the first state field secretary of NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.) He enlisted in the United States Army in 1943. Which where he said he did not have to worry about racism until he got honorably discharged in 1946 and returned to Mississippi. His senior year Medgar Evers had gotten married to Myrlie Beasley. Later they had three children Darrell, Reena, and James. When he graduated in 1952 he had moved to Philadelphia Mississippi.
Medgar Evers was murdered on the night of June 12, 1963 at 12:40 am in Jackson Mississippi. He was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist. Medgar
Medgar Evers was murdered on the night of June 12, 1963 at 12:40 am in Jackson Mississippi. He was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist. Medgar