Medgar Evers' Legacy Honored 60 Years After Assassination
TL;DR
Sixty years ago, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in his driveway by a member of the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers fought for equality in his home state, leading boycotts of white-owned businesses, holding voter registration drives, and fighting to overturn segregation in public spaces. Despite receiving violent threats, Evers often spoke of his affection for Mississippi. His legacy was carried on by his younger brother, Charles Evers, who became the state's first Black mayor of a biracial town in 1969.
- Remembering Medgar Evers, 60 years after his death NPR
- Church honors Megar Evers legacy 16 WAPT News Jackson
- Medgar Evers and the assassination that shook the civil rights movement The Washington Post
- Jackson church honors Medgar Evers 60 years after his death WAPT Jackson
- 60 years after Medgar Evers' murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy The Associated Press
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