By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSIt's been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home. Several events have been held in Mississippi this month to commemorate the work of Evers and his widow Myrlie, who is now 90. It's been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home. Several events have been held in Mississippi this month to commemorate the work of Evers and his widow Myrlie, who is now 90.
It’s been 60 years since a white supremacist hid in the darkness of night and assassinated Evers outside the family’s Jackson home, shooting the Mississippi NAACP leader hours after then-President John F. Kennedy gave a televised speech advocating civil rights legislation.Evers-Williams and the couple’s three young children were in the house. After hearing the crack of a rifle, she rushed to her mortally wounded husband, who lay bleeding in the carport.
Evers was a World War II veteran who fought in Europe and then faced the hostile realities of a deeply segregated society after returning home to Mississippi. As the first field secretary of the Mississippi NAACP beginning in 1954, he led voter registration drives and boycotts to push for racial equality. He also investigated lynchings, beatings and other violence that Black residents suffered at the hands of white segregationists. His wife worked alongside him as his secretary.
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