Photo: Remembering Medgar Evers
Rev. Anne Harris, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church rector, rings the church’s bell at noon Tuesday in memory of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Evers, who received many death threats because of his work, was assassinated outside his home in Jackson on June 12, 1963. “I saw this as an opportunity to do something public that honored Medgar Evers and the civil rights movement, showing we are still working toward reconciliation,” Harris said. Harris was one of four St. Paul’s parishioners who volunteered to help ring the bell a total of 55 times, the number of year’s since Evers’ passing.
Plaque shows landmark status for civil rights leaders’ home
The National Park Service has unveiled a bronze plaque showing that the Mississippi home of civil rights leaders Medgar and Myrlie Evers is a national historic landmark.
Memo: Consider civil rights home for national monument
Mississippi civil rights sites, including the home of slain leader Medgar Evers, should be considered for national monument designation, the U.S. interior secretary says in a memo to President Donald Trump.
Proposal could make Evers home part of National Park Service
The home where Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in 1963 gets thousands of visitors each year, operates as a college-owned museum and relies on state grants and private donations for maintenance funds.
Mississippi commemorates Medgar Evers’ civil rights work
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers helped create a more inclusive and open Mississippi by increasing black voter registration, Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday during a service marking the 50th anniversary of Evers’ assassination.
Charlie Mitchell: Remember Evers by understanding goals that guided him
OXFORD — Here’s something we can take away from all the speeches and ceremonies regarding the 50th anniversary of the murder of Medgar Wiley Evers:
Attorney Gen. Holder praises slain black activist Medgar Evers
ARLINGTON, Va. — Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday praised slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, saying that the black activist’s vision and leadership helped
Medgar Evers exhibit opening May 1
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History commemorates the 50th anniversary of the slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with the opening of a new exhibit in Jackson on May 1 with Evers’ widow, Myrlie Evers Williams.
Fundraising begins to construct Evers statue
LORMAN — The 50th anniversary of the June 12, 1963, assassination of Medgar Evers won’t be commemorated until next year, but Alcorn State University has begun its campaign to raise funds to build a statue honoring Evers, who graduated there in 1952.
Scruggs gets hearing in appeal of conviction
JACKSON — Imprisoned former attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has earned a March 26 hearing in his effort to overturn his 2009 conviction in a corruption case involving former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter.
Lucimarian Roberts receives Evers award
GULFPORT — A longtime community leader in south Mississippi has received the Gulfport Branch of the NAACP’s highest award — the Medgar W. Evers Lifetime Achievement Award.