Medgar Evers (1925-1963), field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was one of the first martyrs of the civil rights movement. His death prompted Pres...
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Perhaps the most famous martyr of the civil rights movement before the deaths of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers was gunned down in front of his home in 1963. It took more than 30 years...
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Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers