Evers, Medgar Wiley

1925–1963 · Contribution: 1943–1963

Civil-rights activist, NAACP field secretary, U.S. Army veteran

U.S. Army veteran and the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, organizing voter registration, desegregation and investigations of racial violence.

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Born: 1925, Decatur, Mississippi
Active since: 1943–1963
Category: Law & Civil Rights
Best known for: First NAACP field secretary in MississippiOrganized voter-registration campaignsLed boycotts against discriminatory businessesFought segregation in Mississippi schools and public facilitiesInvestigated the murder of Emmett TillHelped support James Meredith's integration of the University of MississippiAssassinated for his civil-rights work

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Evers turned national civil-rights principles into direct action inside one of America's most violently segregated states. His work challenged disenfranchisement, segregated education, discriminatory businesses and racial violence. His assassination further focused national attention on the lethal consequences of…

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