Medgar and Myrlie Evers were powerful voices for the civil rights movement. It was their unwavering determination that encouraged the fight for equality across the country. A veteran of United States ...

Medgar Evers, whom President Trump called “a great American hero,” has been erased from the website which featured a section honoring Black Americans who fought in the nation’s wars.

A sweeping public lands law paves the way for the addition of Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument to the National Park System. On January 19, ...

Medgar Evers exemplified the highest ideals of our nation. After serving honorably in World War II, he returned home to Mississippi to fight for the civil rights of African Americans, ultimately ...

In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers arrived home when he was shot and killed ... water bottles The Art of Sausage Making The Corning Museum of Glass Follow Us Explore ...

president of Medgar Evers College, in recognition of their roles in hosting the event. Moderator Lance Wheeler, vice president of learning and engagement at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African ...

Slain civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers was recognized by President Joe Biden during a ceremony at the White House. Evers was one of 19 to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday.

whose story is covered by the museum, at the time. “Their headstones do not mark the color of their skin, but immortalize the courage of their deeds.” Civil rights leader Medgar Evers (1925 ...

During the annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage, 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 ...

“He fought in Normandy in the Second World War,” Trump said, “and when he came back home ... Medgar Evers was. He was a great American hero. That is what the others honored in this museum ...