Medgar Evers

Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, has died in Mississippi. He was 97. A coroner says Evers…

55th anniversary of Medgar Evers’ death

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The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is honoring the legacy of Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers today. It’s been 55 years since he was assassinated outside his home in Jackson. Evers was a World War II veteran who served as the…