Medgar Evers Myrlie Evers-Williams spoke about how Medgar Evers was killed in front of the house where he died. Watch an excerpt of her speech in the video above. The 14th Congressional Civil… Honoring Civil ... 05/3/2024 - 1:01 pm | View Link
Medgar Evers receives posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom Medgar Wiley Evers will be posthumously receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Evers, a World War II veteran and civil rights leader was assassinated on June 12, 1963, in the driveway of his ... 05/3/2024 - 9:24 am | View Link
Bennie Thompson applauds posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down in front of his Mississippi home in 1963. But Evers’s legacy left a lasting impact on the 13-term ... 05/3/2024 - 8:44 am | View Link
President to recognize Medgar Wiley Evers with nation’s highest honor FROM ALL OVER GATHERED AT THAT HOME, THAT IS NOW A HISTORIC LANDMARK...TO COMMEMORATE HIS LIFE AND LEGACY ... HELD FOLLOWING A SILENT WALK-THROUGH AT THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS HOME NATIONAL MONUMENT ... 05/3/2024 - 3:56 am | View Link
Slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers' work honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist who was killed outside his Jackson home in 1963, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 05/3/2024 - 3:32 am | View Link