Medgar and Myrlie Evers were powerful voices for the civil rights movement. It was their unwavering determination that encouraged the fight for equality across the country. A veteran of United States ...

Myrlie Evers writes: "My husband believed that Mississippi could be a wonderful place if we handled the problems of race, ...

A sweeping public lands law paves the way for the addition of Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument to the National Park System. On January 19, ...

When officers went to her home to try to speak to her ... Evers-Everette is the granddaughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.

“My husband believed that Mississippi could be a wonderful place if we handled the problems of race, justice and inequality, and I agree with him. …I still believe,” Myrlie Evers writes for ...

Mississippi will proudly commemorate the centennial birthdays of two of its most iconic figures— Riley “B.B.” King and Medgar ...

The King of Blues, B.B. King, and civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers were given a centennial celebration for all of ...