Myrlie and Medgar Evers at home in Mississippi
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From the Mississippi Free Press: Medgar and Myrlie Evers both dedicated their lives to fighting, as he put it, “until every vestige of segregation and discrimination in America becomes annihilated.” ID: A black and white photograph of a smiling couple seated on a couch. The Black woman on the left is wearing a dark dress with a striped shrug over it. She is holding hands with the Black man on the right who is wearing a light-colored suit with a shiny time.
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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…