Medgar Wiley Evers (/ ˈ m ɛ d ɡ ər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi.

Jan 16, 2025 · Medgar Evers (born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Mississippi, U.S.—died June 12, 1963, Jackson, Mississippi) was an American Black civil rights activist, whose murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the cause of the civil rights movement.

Apr 3, 2014 · Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. As such, he organized voter-registration efforts and economic boycotts, and...

Jun 12, 2023 · Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963 — 60 years ago today — civil rights organizer Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway in Jackson, Miss. He stepped out of his Oldsmobile carrying shirts ...

A 37-year-old civil rights activist named Medgar Evers had just come home after a meeting of the NAACP. As he began the short walk up to his single-story rambler, the bullet struck...

May 23, 2022 · Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) lived by these words as a champion of Black Civil Rights in the mid twentieth century. His mission to change racial discrimination in America was fueled by his upbringing and tenure in the military.

Throughout his short life, Medgar Evers heroically spoke out against racism in the deeply divided South. He fought against cruel Jim Crow laws, protested segregation in education, and launched an investigation into the Emmett Till lynching.

6 days ago · Medgar Wiley Evers was a prominent American civil rights activist, the first field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi, and a World War II veteran, who dedicated his life to fighting racial segregation and injustice. His efforts to improve economic opportunities for African Americans made him a target of white supremacists, and on June 12 ...

Medgar Evers’s Life and Family. In 1954, Medgar Evers moved to Jackson, Mississippi from Mound Bayou with his wife Myrlie and their children Darrell and Reena. Their third child, James, was born in 1960. Though his work with the NAACP was constant, Evers enjoyed fishing and spending time with family and friends.

Medgar Wiley Evers is a civil rights campaigner and field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) whose murder in 1963 prompted President John F. Kennedy to ask Congress for a comprehensive civil rights bill.