Why was medgar evers important

Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi to Jesse and James Evers.

In 1932-The brutal lynching of Willie Tingle, a Evers family friend had a profound impact on Medgar and his brother Charles, eventually shaping their activist identities.

In 1943 Medgar Evers was inducted into the military along with his older brother Charles Evers.

Medgar Evers was discharged from the military in 1945 as a sergeant.

How did medgar evers die

Medgar Evers is enrolled at Alcorn College (now Alcorn State University) and would go on to major in business association.

In 1951, while still a student at Alcorn College, Medgar Evers meets Dr.

T.R.M Howard in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Originally from Kentucky, Howard moved to Mound Bayou in the early 1940s and became a successful physician, businessman and charasmatic political activist. That year, he founded the Regional Council of Negro Leadership (RCNL) in Cleveland and