Medgar Evers
African-American civil rights activist (1925-1963) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 37
Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi.
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Evers while he was serving in the U.S. Army
The rifle used by De La Beckwith to assassinate Evers![The Evers house at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive, now the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, where Medgar Evers was fatally shot after getting out of his car.[23]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Medgar_Evers_house.jpg/330px-Medgar_Evers_house.jpg)
The Evers house at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive, now the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, where Medgar Evers was fatally shot after getting out of his car.[23]
Evers' grave at Arlington National Cemetery
Statue of Evers at the Medgar Evers Boulevard Library in Jackson, MississippiAwards
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A United States Army veteran who served in World War II, he was engaged in efforts to overturn racial segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans, including the enforcement of voting rights, prior to his assassination.
