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Medgar Wiley Evers Research via: www.wikipedia.org

Medgar Wiley Evers Research via: www.wikipedia.org. Student Name: Nathalie Gresseau Date : 1-21-11 MECPS, Mr. Jiang. Who is Medgar Wiley Evers?. Medgar Wiley Evers was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi. Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925. His life & family.

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Medgar Wiley Evers Research via: www.wikipedia.org

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  1. Medgar Wiley EversResearch via: www.wikipedia.org

    Student Name: Nathalie Gresseau Date: 1-21-11 MECPS, Mr. Jiang
  2. Who is Medgar Wiley Evers? Medgar Wiley Everswas an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi. Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925.
  3. His life & family He has 3 children. In 1943 he was inducted into the army along with his older brother Charlie. Evers fought in France and in the European Theatre of WWII.
  4. His activism and belief Evers applied to the then-segregated University of Mississippi Law School in February 1954. When his application was rejected, Evers filed a lawsuit against the university, That same year, due to his involvement, the NAACP's National Office suggested he become Mississippi’s first field secretary for the NAACP.
  5. His role in NAACP On November 24, 1954, Evers was appointed Mississippi’s first field secretary. President of the NAACP Mississippi State Conference and civil rights activist, E.J. Stringer, helped him gain this position.
  6. Assassination On June 12, 1963, a day after President John F. Kennedy's speech on national television in support of civil rights, Evers pulled into his driveway just after returning from a meeting with NAACP lawyers. Emerging from his car and carrying NAACP T-shirts that read "Jim Crow Must Go," Evers was struck in the back with a bullet fired from an Enfield 1917 .303 rifle that ricocheted into his Jackson, Mississippi home. He staggered 9 meters (30 feet) before collapsing. He died at a local hospital 50 minutes later
  7. Schools named in his honor Medgar Evers College Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
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