In 2025, Mississippi will proudly commemorate the centennial birthdays of two of its most iconic figures— Riley “B.B.” King and Medgar Wiley Evers—whose profound legacies continue to ...

At the urging of Myrlie Evers, Beckwith was tried again in 1994, and this time, he was convicted. In 2016, the National Park Service named the Evers family home at 2332 Margaret W Alexander Drive a ...

The Early Lives of Medgar & Myrlie Evers Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi. Evers was educated in segregated schools, eventually joining the army in 1943.

Alcorn State University, seen on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, is located in Lorman. The university has a new president, Dr. Tracy M. Cook. In order to keep faculty, staff and students "motivated" to ...

President Joe Biden awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to the late civil rights icon Medgar Wiley Evers and 18 other Americans. Evers, born in 1925 in ...

Civil rights icon Medgar Wiley Evers and South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn lead the list of recipients whose legacy of bravery and activism inspires generations. Evers, born in 1925 in ...

After returning home from the war, Evers attended Alcorn A&M — now Alcorn State University. In the early 1950s he became involved with several civil rights groups and eventually held several ...

The underfunding of Alcorn State University 'disadvantages' students and faculty. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. He went on to graduate from Alcorn State University, serve in the U.S. Army from 1943 through 1945 and became a dogged civil rights ...

On June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was gunned down in his family’s driveway, the same day as President John F. Kennedy’s televised Civil Rights Address. Evers was born July 2 ...