Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925. He was assassinated June 12, 1963 outside his home in Jackson, three weeks ...

Medgar Evers was born in Decatur, Mississippi on July 2, 1925. After getting his high school diploma, he served in the Army from 1943 to 1945 eventually attaining the rank of sergeant.

On June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was gunned down in his family’s driveway, the same day as President John F. Kennedy’s televised Civil Rights Address. Evers was born July 2 ...

July 2 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. -- Imelda Marcos, wife of former Philippine President ...

Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. He went on to graduate from Alcorn State University, serve in the U.S. Army from 1943 through 1945 and became a dogged civil rights ...

The Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers will broadcast on MPB Television. In addition, MPB has started a podcast based on the ...

We remember Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist assassinated in 1963, on the 100-year anniversary of his birth.

June 12 marks 62 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in the driveway of his Jackson home, and his family, along with voting rights advocates, are planning to celebrate his ...

Medgar Evers was born in 1925 in Decatur, Miss., the third of five children. When he was about 12 years old, Evers witnessed a Black man named Willie Tingle, a friend of his father’s, ...

By LaKeshia N. Myers When I heard that the Trump administration was considering stripping Medgar Evers’ name from a U.S. Navy ...

Civil and voting rights activists gather in Jackson, Mississippi to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...

Nicole Evers-Everette, the granddaughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, who had been reported missing, is safe, according to family friends. Breaking: Helene in Georgia: 11 dead, flooding widespread ...