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

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

In Mississippi, Medgar Evers and other African American applicants ... "Their cause must be our cause, too," he said, referring to civil rights activists. "[A]ll of us... must overcome the ...

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 ...

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated for the best history ...

Buie’s great-uncle was civil rights and voting rights activist Vernon F. Dahmer. “He worked with Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King, and he walked with the civil rights activists,” she said.