Medgar

On June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers was shot dead in the driveway of his Jackson home. On Saturday, friends and family gathered in the same driveway to remember him. "Medgar Evers represented greatness and put his life…

The slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers is commemorated on Saturday at his home in West Jackson. A memorial ceremony and wreath-laying ceremony will take place on Saturday morning at Evers House on Margaret…

June 12: Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot dead in his Jackson, Mississippi driveway in 1963 Medgar Evers: Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 and was known as a civil rights activist and Secretary of…

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson is the 423rd unit of the National Park System, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced Thursday.The memorial "commemorates the legacy of two civil rights activists who…