"As someone who grew up immersed in the ideals of the Civil Rights movement, Vice President Harris is humbled and honored to earn the support of the family of Medgar Evers." California Rep.

From Hattiesburg to Jackson and beyond, experience monumental Civil Rights sites along the Mississippi Freedom Trail!

The King of Blues, B.B. King, and civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers were given a centennial celebration for all of their contributions to the Magnolia State. The pair would both be turning ...

she is the granddaughter of one of the seminal figures in the NAACP and the Civil Rights Movement,” Attorney Griggs told the ...

Evers, a World War II veteran and civil rights ... In recognition of his role in the Civil Rights Movement, he was posthumously awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement ...

Jenna Smith When Smith was a child, her parents spent time teaching her about civil rights activists, including Medgar Evers, who was murdered in 1963 after lauded efforts through the NAACP to ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

MEDGAR EVERS WAS BORN JULY 2ND. B.B. KIN The King of Blues, B.B. King, and civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers were given a centennial celebration for all of their contributions to the Magnolia ...