1925 - 1963
Medgar Evers was an African American civil rights activist and World War II veteran born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. He served as the NAACP’s Mississippi field secretary, advocating for voting rights and desegregation, and was instrumental in efforts to combat racial injustice. Evers was assassinated on June 12, 1963, becoming a martyr for the civil rights movement.