Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963

LC control no.	n 93021582
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1925-07-02
Death date	1963-06-12
Place of birth	Decatur (Miss.)
Place of death	Jackson (Miss.)
Field of activity	African Americans--Civil rights
Affiliation	Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Profession or occupation	Civil rights workers Insurance agents
Found in	Massengill, R. Portrait of a racist, 1993: CIP t.p. (Medgar Evers) LC data base, 3-8-93 (hdg.: Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963) Wikipedia, March 7, 2014 (Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925, Decatur, Mississippi - June 12, 1963, Jackson, Mississippi), African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi; was field secretary for the NAACP; Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council; as a veteran, he 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) African American National Biography, accessed January 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Evers, Medgar; Medgar Wiley Evers; civil rights activist, murder victim; born 02 July 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi, United States; graduated Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College with a bachelor's degree in business administration (1952); traveling salesman for the Magnolia Mutual Insurance Company; state field secretary for the NAACP, in Jackson; helped to organize the Jackson Movement, an all-out attempt to end segregation in Mississippi's largest and most densely black-populated city; after a Movement meeting, he was ambushed in his driveway and shot to death; he was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery; the NAACP honored him posthumously with its Spingarn Medal (1963);died 12 June 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States)
Associated language	eng