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Giant of the Civil Rights Movement Medgar Evers deserves Medal of Freedom, lawmakers say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWASHINGTON _ Mississippi’s congressional delegation called for President Joe Biden Tuesday to award...
"There are two Americas": Joy-Ann Reid on the legacy of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJoy-Ann Reid Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Black America has always had a complicated...
Myrlie Evers-Williams Continues Civil Rights Work of Her Late Husband Medgar Evers
21 Ninety via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMyrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of the late civil rights leader Medgar Evers, is continuing the...
60 years after Medgar Evers’ murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoEvers investigated lynchings, beatings and other violence that Black residents suffered at the hands...
Bennie Thompson applauds posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down...
Hollis Watkins, who was jailed multiple times for challenging segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHollis Watkins, who started challenging segregation and racial oppression in his native Mississippi...
Family ties strong for Badgers' Nick Evers, distant cousin of a slain civil rights leader
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoMADISON – Wisconsin quarterback Nick Evers never met his distant cousin, one of the more influential...
Mississippi’s congressional delegation seeks Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
theGrio via AOL· 7 months ago“Mr. Evers dedicated his life to the defense of civil rights in Mississippi and the United States,”...
Dorie Ladner, civil rights activist who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDorie Ann Ladner, a longtime fighter for freedom and equality in her home state of Mississippi with...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAt her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare,...