Medgar Evers - Civil Rights Activist | Mini Bio | BIO

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1954, he became the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. As such, he organized voter-registration efforts and economic boycotts, and investigated crimes perpetrated against blacks. Evers was assassinated outside of his Mississippi home in 1963, and after years of on-again, off-again legal proceedings, his killer was sent to prison in 1994. In 2017, President Barack Obama designated Evers's home a national historic landmark. #Biography Don't miss a video! Subscribe NOW: https://www.youtube.com/c/Biography?s... ABOUT BIOGRAPHY: Biography highlights newsworthy personalities and events with compelling and surprising points-of-view, telling the true stories from some of the most accomplished non-fiction storytellers of our time. FOLLOW BIOGRAPHY: Website: https://www.biography.com/ Biography Facebook:   / biography   Biography Instagram: https://instagram.com/biography?igshi... Biography X:   / biography   FOLLOW A&E: Website: https://www.aetv.com/ A&E Facebook:   / aetv   A&E Instagram:   / aetv   A&E TikTok:   / aetv   A&E Twitter:   / aetv   A&E YouTube:    / aetv   Watch Full Episodes: https://www.aetv.com/videos Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contain dialog, music, and images that are property of Biography. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to my YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 Biography Medgar Evers - Civil Rights Activist | Mini Bio | BIO    / biography