The Importance of Medgar Evers By Alexander Horton
Medgar Evers played a very important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Medgar Evers and His wife Myrlie Evers worked together all the way through the day of Medgar's death. Together in the mid 1950's they opened the NAACP office in Jackson Mississippi. Medgar Evers led many, prayer vigils, boycotts, marches and voter registration drives. He worked hard and was seemingly fearless, no threat or attempt to kill, would stop Mr. Evers from the work he so strongly and restlessly worked for. When his name appeared on a death list in the early 1950's he did not skip a beat but continued with his work, stressing for a solution to social problems in as peaceful as a way as possible. In the Early 1960's The nation began to notice Jackson Mississippi in a much larger way when Medgar Evers Led A boycott against white merchants. In 1962 with the support of federal troops Evers began to help James Meredith integrate the university of Mississippi. In 1963 a small group of upset racists went to the Evers home and proceeded to throw a fire bomb into their house, Mrs. Evers bravely and quickly put out the fire with a hose. Again not even skipping a beat Medgar Evers and his wife continued to work toward peace and freedom between whites and blacks. Medgar Evers was very important during the civil rights movement, and he was the NAACP's first field secretary to ever work in Mississippi, a state known for its strong racism against African Americans. In the end as a strong man willing to fight for freedom to the extent of sacrificing his life, Medgar Evers died a hero, a very important piece of the puzzle to freedom that was slowly being put together piece by piece, day by day, known as the Civil Rights Movement.
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