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The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, also known as Medgar Evers House, is a historic house museum at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive within the Medgar Evers Historic District in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
Medgar Evers Historic District is a U.S. historic district and residential neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi. The neighborhood contains the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument , the former home of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–1963).
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. December 5, 2000 : 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Dr. Jackson: 37: Meyer and Genevieve Falk House: February 23, 2021 ...
It's the same home where Myrlie Evers talked to her husband, the Mississippi NAACP leader, ... Medgar Evers had just arrived home in the early hours of June 12, 1963, when a white supremacist ...
At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, and as she reflects on his work — and her own ...
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered outside his Jackson home in 1963, was honored by President Joe Biden on Friday. He was named one of 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of ...
Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers, co-wrote the 1967 book For Us, the Living with William Peters. In 1983, a television movie was made based on the book. Celebrating Evers's life and career, it starred Howard Rollins Jr. and Irene Cara as Medgar and Myrlie Evers, airing on PBS. The film won the Writers Guild of America award for Best Adapted Drama. [39]
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. February 16, 2017 : Jackson Hinds: Home of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. 13 ...