His family, including his wife and children, and brother, Charles Evers, carried on with his work. "On that fatal night, June 12, 1963, Medgar was gunned down in our driveway," Evers-Williams said.

while his wife and their three small children were inside the home in Jackson. The home was established as a national monument in 2020 and is now known as The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National ...