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12 de jun. de 2023 · 60 years ago, Medgar Evers became a martyr of the Civil Rights Movement. A studio portrait of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers taken in the early 1960s. Shortly after midnight on June 12 ...
Medgar Wiley Evers, né le 2 juillet 1925 à Decatur et mort assassiné le 12 juin 1963 à Jackson, est un militant afro-américain, défenseur des droits de l'homme et membre de la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Actif dans son Mississippi natal, il œuvre à renverser la ségrégation raciale mise en place ...
Medgar Wiley Evers (Decatur, 2 luglio 1925 – Jackson, 12 giugno 1963) è stato un attivista e politico statunitense. Il suo assassinio ha ispirato diverse opere, tra cui L'agguato - Ghosts from the Past di Rob Reiner , candidato ai premi Oscar 1997 per il miglior attore non protagonista .
The day after Evers’ funeral, Mayor Thompson appointed the city’s first black police officer, as part of an agreement reached with black leaders in the aftermath of Evers’ murder. Although the settlement was not a complete victory for Jackson’s black citizens, it was a major step toward the goals for which Medgar Evers had fought.
12 de jun. de 2020 · He had planned to vote. But in 1946, a 21-year-old Medgar Evers left the courthouse in Decatur, Mississippi, without casting a ballot. Twenty armed white men, some of whom had been his childhood ...
Evers, Medgar Wiley. July 2, 1925 to June 12, 1963. As field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Mississippi from 1954 until his death in 1963, Medgar Evers played a pivotal role in the civil rights organization’s expansion in the South. Although the NAACP leadership sought to challenge ...
12 de fev. de 2016 · February 12. The Day Medgar Evers Was Killed. The sniper fired his shot from a high-powered rifle, hitting Medgar Evers, the civil rights leader, as he walked from his car to his home after ...
