Medgar Evers
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"Medgar Wiley Evers" was an African American/African-American African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)/civil rights activism/activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. After returning from overseas military service in World War II and completing his secondary education, he became active in the civil rights movement. He became a field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People/NAACP.

Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council. As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. His murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art, music, and film.

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If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. . .

I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car . . . If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam.

The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.