In Remembrance: Medgar Evers

[courtesy of Blog for America]

45 years ago today, civil rights activist and pioneer Medgar Evers was shot and killed.  From South Mississippi's Sun Herald:

Evers was shot shortly after midnight on June 12 as he got out of his car and dragged himself to the back door of his home, where he died in front of his wife and three children.

A short video on Medgar Evers' work and life:

This video examines Evers' drive to get blacks to vote, the hardships they encountered at the registration office, his murder in his driveway, how the police tried to provoke violence at his funeral, and how all-white juries refused to convict his killer in the 1960's.

Danny
Communications Director