Medgar Evers

1925-07-02 – 1963-06-12 (age 37) Decatur, Mississippi, USA

Biography

Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith.

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Known For

Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers

2025

as Self (archival footage)

South to Black Power

2023

as Self

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Mississippi, USA

1961

as Himself