Medgar W. Evers

ID: 78 ~ Source: City University of New York ~ Creator: NAACP ~ Date: ca. 1950s

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ID: A black and white portrait of a Black man with a serious expression, with dark hair and thin mustache, wearing a black suit with a white shirt and black tie.

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Medgar Evers – Soldier and Civil Rights Activist

"You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea." ~Medgar Evers or Myrlie Evers, widow of Medgar Evers, 1963 Born into a working-class Black family in Decatur, Mississippi, Medgar Evers attended segregated schools and witnessed a…