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Medgar Wiley Evers Research via:

Medgar Wiley Evers Research via:. Student Name: Mashlee . Date: O1.21.11 MECPS, Mr. Jiang. Who is Medgar Wiley Evers?.

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Medgar Wiley Evers Research via:

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  1. Medgar Wiley EversResearch via: Student Name: Mashlee . Date: O1.21.11 MECPS, Mr. Jiang

  2. Who is Medgar Wiley Evers? • was an African Americancivil rightsactivist from Mississippi who was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery after being assassinated by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith

  3. His life and family • Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi, the son of James Evers, who was the owner of a small farm and a sawmill worker.

  4. His activism and belief • Involvement in the RCNL gave Evers crucial training in activism. He helped to organize the RCNL's boycott of service stations that denied blacks use of their restrooms. The boycotters distributed bumper stickers with the slogan "Don't Buy Gas Where You Can't Use the Restroom." Along with his brother, Charles Evers, Medgar also attended the RCNL's annual conferences in Mound Bayou between 1952 and 1954 which drew crowds of ten thousand or more.

  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.[8]

  7. Schools named in his honor • Medgar Evers College • Medgar Evers College Preparatory School ( High School )

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