A Hero's Journey (The Murder of Medger Evers)

01/23/23 • 10 min

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Medgar Evers was Civil rights activist and the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. When he was assassinated outside of his Mississippi home in 1963.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/medgar-evers
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Medgar-Evers
https://www.biography.com/activist/medgar-evers
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