Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
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found: Massengill, R. Portrait of a racist, 1993:CIP t.p. (Medgar Evers)
found: LC data base, 3-8-93(hdg.: Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963)
found: Wikipedia, March 7, 2014(Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925, Decatur, Mississippi - June 12, 1963, Jackson, Mississippi), African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi; was field secretary for the NAACP; Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council; as a veteran, he was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery; his murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art, music, and film)
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Evers, Medgar; Medgar Wiley Evers; civil rights activist, murder victim; born 02 July 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi, United States; graduated Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College with a bachelor's degree in business administration (1952); traveling salesman for the Magnolia Mutual Insurance Company; state field secretary for the NAACP, in Jackson; helped to organize the Jackson Movement, an all-out attempt to end segregation in Mississippi's largest and most densely black-populated city; after a Movement meeting, he was ambushed in his driveway and shot to death; he was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery; the NAACP honored him posthumously with its Spingarn Medal (1963);died 12 June 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States)
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1993-03-08: new
2015-12-12: revised
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