Mr. Evers' killer wasn't convicted for nearly three decades.
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Medgar Evers is one of the most important Civil Rights activists in American history. He fought against Jim Crow, was the , and spearheaded investigations into some of America's most egregious racial crimes, including the murder of Emmett Till.July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi to James and Jesse Evers. He was one of four children, but he formed a close bond with his older brother Charles. James found work in a sawmill, while Jesse was a laundress.young Medgar skills such as hunting, boxing, swimming, and fishing.
Medgar and his brother would walk several miles to their segregated school, as they were not allowed to attend school with white children. InJack Mendelsohn quoted Evers on his childhood.
And unfortunately, he was right. Growing up in a segregated Mississippi forced Evers to witness some of the most brutal forms of racism.."When I was eleven or twelve a close friend of the family got lynched. I guess he was about forty years old, married, and we used to play with his kids. I remember the Saturday night a bunch of white men beat him to death at the Decatur fairgrounds because he sassed back a white woman. They just left him dead on the ground.
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