Early life of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in the city of Decatur,Mississippi. He became the first state field secretary in 1954. He was killed on June 12, 1963. Evers grew up with a farming family, at the age of 18 Evers enlisted in the army and faught in WWII and was in both Franch and Gremany at this time. Evers was honorably discharged in 1946. Later Evers enrolled at Alcorn Agricutural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State University) in Lorman, Mississippi. Upon graduation from college in 1952, Evers moved to Philadelphia, Mississippi, where he began working as an insurance salesman.
He and his older brother, Charles Evers, also worked for the NAACP. In 1954, the year of the momentous Supreme Court decision Brown Vs. Borad of Education, which purportedly ended segregation of schools. In 1955, Evers was made the most visible civil rights leader in the state of Missisippi. Evers was subjected to numerous threats and violent actions over the years, including a
firebombing of their house in May 1963.
firebombing of their house in May 1963.