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[cartermagazine]

Today In History Long after the Mississippi justice system gave up on the murder prosecution of Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers kept the case alive. When Myrlie Evers was told in 1989 that new information in her late husband’s decades-old murder case was unlikely to move the gears of justice, she did not react in anger. Instead, she listened carefully as Mississippi prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter explained that the state couldn’t find any of the evidence from a past prosecution. Then, Myrlie calmly asked that his team “Just try.“ Faced with the overwhelming odds of a case with few surviving jurors, and a public that had long since seemed to move on from the tragedy, others might have backed down. Instead, Myrlie Evers fought to have the murder case reopened—a battle she had waged for 30 years. On February 5, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith faced a more racially diverse jury, in the third trial for the murder of Medgar Evers. When the guilty verdict was read, Myrlie Evers-Williams wept. Afterwards, reported the Los Angeles Times, she jumped for joy, then looked up to the sky, saying “Medgar, I’ve gone the last mile of the way.” CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #myrlieevers #medgarevers #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #stayewoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CoR--X8uteh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Image: Civil rights activist #MyrlieEvers speaking at a NAACP rally in 1963

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Reposted from @nmaahc Civil Rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams was born #OnThisDay in 1933. This Vicksburg, Mississippi, native was an honor student at the HBCU Alcorn A&M College. While enrolled, she met and married Medgar Evers.

The couple opened and managed the first @NAACP Mississippi State office and lived under constant threat of violence and death. Medgar was assassinated outside of the family’s home in Jackson, Mississippi in 1963. Following her husband’s murder, Evers-Williams continued to advocate for voting rights, economic stability, fair housing, equal education, and equal justice.

In 1976 she told the Los Angeles Sentinel that she feared the progress made in previous generations could be lost if people did not take action. “It appears that attitudes have changed and those rights we fought and died for are being taken away from us,” she said.

Evers-Williams published her autobiography “Watch Me Fly: What I Learned on the Way to Becoming the Woman I Was Meant to Be” (1999). Additionally, she edited a book of her late husband’s journals, speeches, and letters, titled, “The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches" in 2005. #SmithsonianWHM #HiddenHerstory #WomensHistoryMonth

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[stepoffmagazine]

'The Jewel of Aztlán' Step Off! Radio: The Chicano Park Museum Episode with Lucas Cruz

Lucas Cruz, Chairman of the Chicano Park Steering Committee joins Step Off! Radio to talk about the @chicanopark_mus, the struggle to make the museum a reality, and what the museum means to the residents of Barrio Logan.

Since the rise of the Chicano Movement in the late 60s, Chicano artists have used a variety of mediums to express historical counter-narratives, encourage political activism, and educate communities. Fifty-three years ago on April 22, 1970, in San Diego, California the residents of Logan Heights, alongside a coalition comprised of hundreds of students, community activists, Brown Berets, and…

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[intellectures]

James Baldwin und das Amerika nach der Bürgerrechtsbewegung

1980 blickt der Schriftsteller James Baldwin auf die Bürgerrechtsbewegung zurück und fragt sich, was aus den Vereinigten Staaten geworden ist. Dick Fontaines restaurierter Dokumentarfilm »I heard it through the Grapewine« ist Zeitgeschichte und ein Dokument der Schwarzen Emanzipation. Read the full article

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[kayprism]

Just saw @tillmovie which was very WELL DONE. No it wasn't easy to watch but as Mamie Till told the world: We have to. @danielledeadwyler had PHENOMENAL moments that are still with me. She did THE WORK to honor this truly unsung Sheroe. The director Chinonye Chukwu who directed @clemencythefilm crafted a heartful cinematic journey to show us the personal impact this event had on the family and community at large. (Please watch #womenofthemovement on #appletv too!) Shout out to @whoopigoldberg @keithbeauchamp for FINALLY getting this story to the big screen! 👏🏾👏🏾 Now let's get #carolynbryant prosecuted!! @emmetttilllegacyfoundationcontinues to fight for justice and offers support to the mothers who have lost their children by #moderndaylynching which was only made illegal in MARCH 2022 with the much belated #antilynchingact put in place to protect #theblackbody !! 67 YEARS LATER!! On a personal note my family lived in this same area. My Uncle Kenny was good friends with #medgarevers and lived around the corner from #amziemoore The @amziemoorehouse still stands today and is open to visitors. It was a meeting place for #civilrights folk. #fannielouhamer was from nearby #ruleville Mississippi and probably knew my Aunt Ree and uncle too. This is the south my father left. Another part of the #babygirlplay story that will be further explored in #babygirltvshow Legacy and History I am a part of which makes this story extra personal to me. #tillmovie #emmetttill #mamietill #Mississippi #amziemoore #medgarevers #myfamily connection https://www.instagram.com/p/CkddvIFOfIA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[scribesandvibes]

We'd like to take a moment to wish our beloved icon of the #civilrightsmovement a Happy Birthday... Happy Birthday Mr. Medgar Evers! We celebrate you and your commitment against #votersuppression and #economicinjustice. -#scribesandvibes • #therebirthofcool • #MedgarEvers • #activist • #HappyBirthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CfhWHx8gBND/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[darrylcalmandstrong09]

New Vocal Article. Celebrating Ida B. Wells & Medgar Evers: The Heroine and Hero of Black America

To find out more about the Anti-Lynching Crusader Ida B. Wells and Servant Leader Medgar Evers, click here: https://rb.gy/twee0

Peace, Love & Happy Juneteenth to the Spirited African American people.

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[elliscraddock]

Here's my #8thRocksShuffle #8thRocks dance video w/song called Faith by #JordinSparks on YouTube(w/whirlwind sound effects/high tone version) to celebrate the widow of civil rights activist #MedgarEvers, #MyrlieEvers #MyrlieEversWilliams's 91st Birthday. Also click the like, share, subscribe, & hit a notification button on my YouTube channel.

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[worldwide-blackfolk]

Count em— they all got popped aka silenced

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[cartermagazine]

Today In History Civil Rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, Medgar Evers was born in Decatur, Mississippi, July 2, 1925. Evers was involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. He became active in the civil rights movement after returning from overseas service in World War II and completing secondary education; he became a field secretary for the NAACP. Medgar Evers heroically spoke out against racism in the deeply divided South. He fought against cruel Jim Crow laws, protested segregation in education, and launched an investigation into the Emmett Till lynching. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #staywoke #medgarevers #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CfggNI5uwTV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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james baldwin and medgar evers in mississippi, 1963

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The Center for Black Literature: Wild Seeds Writers Retreat for Writers of Color For Information or application, please click the link https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1880&type=status #rmaalbc  

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[seeselfblack]

The Death Of Medgar Evers June 12, 1963... 

On June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was killed by a white supremacist while standing in his own driveway.

Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi.  The third of five children, Evers walked 12 miles every day to attend a segregated school, where he eventually earned his high school diploma.

From 1943 to 1945, Evers served in the US Army during World War II.  He fought in Germany and France, including the battle of Normandy.  At the war’s end, he was honorably discharged as a sergeant.  

After the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional, Evers applied to the state-supported University of Mississippi Law School.  But he was denied because of his race.  He had applied in part as a test case for the NAACP.  In November of that year, he became the NAACP’s first field secretary for Mississippi.  In that role, he organized boycotts, set up new chapters, and helped James Meredith become the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi.

Additionally, Evers encouraged the Biloxi wade-ins, protests against segregated public beaches.  He also helped to integrate privately owned buses and parks and led boycotts to integrate Leake County schools and the Mississippi State Fair.

Evers had quickly become a major figure in the civil rights movement in Mississippi, which made him a target for white supremacists. On May 28, 1963, they threw a Molotov cocktail into his home carport and on June 7, he was almost run over by a car as he left the NAACP office.  He had even trained his children what to do in case of a shooting or other attack on their home and was usually followed home by at least two FBI cars and one police car.

However, on the morning of June 12, 1963, neither the FBI nor local police escorted Evers home (it’s been suggested that many members of the police force were members of the Ku Klux Klan).  After an early morning meeting with NAACP lawyers, Evers returned home but was shot after getting out of his car.  His wife took him to the local hospital, where he was initially refused care because of his race.  He was eventually admitted but died 50 minutes later at the age of just 37. He was the first African American admitted to an all-white hospital in Mississippi.  A World War II veteran, Evers was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors on June 19.  More than 3,000 people attended to pay their respects. A group of 5,000 people led by Allen Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. led a march from the Masonic Temple to the funeral home.

Evers’ assassin, Byron De La Beckwith, was arrested on June 21, however, two trials before all-white juries failed to reach a verdict.  Evers’ wife continued to push for justice and in 1994, De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison... 

See also: 

- Medgar Evers (via The Zinn Education Project)

- How Medgar Evers’ Widow Fought 30 Years for His Killer’s Conviction

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