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, ...

He chose to come back home to Mississippi ... But what we know from history, including the history of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, is that the evidence of murder may fade, but so long as the fight ...

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.

In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers arrived home when he was shot and killed. It would be over 30 years before his killer was brought to justice. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...

“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 ...