Medgar Evers was a World War II veteran who became the NAACP’s first field secretary in Mississippi.
He organized voter registration drives and boycotts and investigated racial violence. He was assassinated outside his home in Jackson on June 12, 1963.
Key Facts
- Lived: 1925 to 1963
- Served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II
- Became NAACP field secretary in 1954
- Buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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