# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-evers
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:21:29.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-evers"
name: "Charles Evers"
slug: "charles-evers"
description: "James Charles Evers 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. After serving in World War II, Evers began his career as a disc jockey at WHOC in Philadelphia, Mississippi. In 1954, he was made the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) State Voter Registration chairman. After his brother's assassination in 1963, Evers took over his position as field director of the NAACP in Mississippi. In this role, he organized and led many demonstrations for the rights of African Americans."
tagline: "American civil rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Evers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1922-09-11"
deathDate: "2020-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.94
  momentum:             3.508458418954469
  historical:           6.431829333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Charles Evers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشارلز إيفرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چارلز اورز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Evers"
    title: "Charles Evers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چارلز اورز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Evers"
    title: "Charles Evers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Evers"
    title: "Charles Evers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5077458"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump