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.

Days after the granddaughter of Civil Rights icons Medgar and Mylie Evers went missing ... Meanwhile, his then-wife Mylie Evers, later Mylie Evers-Williams, led prominent roles in the NAACP ...