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Hace 4 días · Medgar Evers (born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Miss., U.S.—died June 12, 1963, Jackson, Miss.) was an American black civil-rights activist, whose murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the cause of the civil rights movement.
Hace 5 días · Medgar Wiley Evers is a civil rights campaigner and field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) whose murder in 1963 prompted President John F. Kennedy to ask Congress for a comprehensive civil rights bill.
3 de may. de 2024 · Civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered outside his Jackson home in 1963, was honored by President Joe Biden on Friday. He was named one of 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of...
Hace 5 días · Murder of Medgar Evers. On June 12, 1963, U.S. president John F. Kennedy—who would be assassinated only a few short months later—called the white resistance to civil rights for blacks “a moral crisis” and pledged his support to federal action on integration.
4 de may. de 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Medgar Evers is a civil rights icon and native Mississippian who died fighting for freedom. The trailblazer received the nation’s highest civilian honor. On Friday, Evers posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
6 de may. de 2024 · Washington — El presidente Joe Biden otorgó la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad a 19 personas, incluidos íconos de los derechos civiles como el fallecido Medgar Evers, líderes políticos prominentes como la expresidenta de la Cámara de Representantes Nancy Pelosi y el representante James Clyburn, y la actriz Michelle Yeoh.
3 de may. de 2024 · Later today, his country will declare its belief in him when the family of the slain Mississippi NAACP leader receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. But Medgar...
