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• Medgar Evers

  Mississippi Martyr

  Williams, Michael Vinson, 1971-

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  Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers was well aware of the dangers he would face when he challenged the status quo in Mississippi in the 1950s and '60s, a place and time known for the brutal murders of those who challenged the status quo.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Medgar Evers

  Weil, Ann

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  Biography of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his legacy, and the people and events that inspired him.

• The Ghosts of Medgar Evers

  a Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood

  Morris, Willie

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  "To me there is no more haunted, complex terrain in America than the countryside between Port Gibson, Mississippi, and the river. The land is full of ghosts. . . . Medgar Evers returned here from infantry combat in France after World War II to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Assassination of Medgar Evers

  Ribeiro, Myra

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  Medgar Evers's fight for civil rights is largely undocumented for the young adult audience. This book makes up for this oversight by providing those interested in American history and politics with the compelling story behind the scenes of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Medgar Evers

  Brown, Jennie

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  A biography of the NAACP field secretary who worked to end school segregation and voting discrimination in Mississippi.

• Remembering Medgar Evers

  Writing the Long Civil Rights Movement

  Gwin, Minrose

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  As the first NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, Medgar Wiley Evers put his life on the line to investigate racial crimes (including Emmett Till's murder) and to organize boycotts and voter registration drives. On June 12, 1963, he was shot in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Of Long Memory

  Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers

  Nossiter, Adam

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  The history is well known: On June 12, 1963, Mississippi's courageous NAACP chief, Medgar Evers, was gunned down by white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith. Tried twice by all-white juries, Beckwith escaped conviction for three decades. But then…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Devil's Sanctuary

  An Eyewitness History of Mississippi Hate Crimes

  Alston, Alex A., 1936-

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  Lynchings, beatings, arson, denial of rights, false imprisonment--the civil rights era brought attention to these heinous offenses that were the status quo for African Americans in many areas of the country. And no state was more notorious as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Autobiography of Medgar Evers

  a Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches

  Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963

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  On the evening of June 12, 1963--the day President John F. Kennedy gave his most impassioned speech about the need for interracial tolerance --Medgar Evers, the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, was shot and killed by an assassin's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Medgar & Myrlie

  Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

  Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968-

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  The host of MSNBC's The ReidOut and New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Sold America traces the extraordinary lives and legacy of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers, situating Medgar Evers's assassination as a catalyzing moment…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turn Me Loose

  the Unghosting of Medgar Evers : Poems

  Walker, Frank X., 1961-

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  In this selection of poetry the author writes from the point of view of people involved in the life and death of Medgar Evers, including his widow, his brother, his assassin Byron De La Beckwith, and both of Beckwith's wives.