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Evers was the first NAACP field secretary in the state. De La Beckwith had positioned himself across the street from Evers's home. Using a rifle, he shot Evers in the back. [5] Evers died an hour later, aged 37. Myrlie Evers, his wife, and his three children, James, Reena, and Darrell Evers, were home at the time of the assassination.
Medgar Wiley Evers (/ ˈ m ɛ d ɡ ər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi.
Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American biographical courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods.The film is based on the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
Evers — who was the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers — died of “natural causes” at a home in the Jackson, Mississippi, suburb of Brandon, where he was surrounded by ...
Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, died Wednesday. Evers died of “natural causes” at a home in the ...
Together they had three children: Darrell Kenyatta, Reena Denise, and James Van Dyke Evers. [21] Evers was murdered in 1963 by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council. In 1976, Evers married Walter Williams, a stevedore and civil rights and union activist who had studied Evers and her work. [2] They moved to Bend, Oregon ...
Evers was briefly married to Christine Evers until their marriage ended in annulment. In 1951, Evers married Nannie L. Magee, with whom he had four daughters. [6] The couple divorced in June 1974. [6] Evers lived in Brandon, Mississippi, and served as station manager of WMPR 90.1 FM in Jackson. [5] On July 22, 2020, Evers died in Brandon at age ...
Darrell Ward (August 13, 1964 – August 28, 2016) [1] [2] was an American reality television personality. He was a truck driver featured on Ice Road Truckers from season six in 2012 until his death. He was from Deer Lodge, Montana. On August 28, 2016, Ward died in a plane crash while travelling in a single-engined Cessna 182 Skylane with pilot ...