Civil rights leader Medgar Evers
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Medgar Evers
Living place: Mississippi
Birthday: 2-7-1925 (99 years old)
Population of US 1925: 115,829,000
Global rank: #23194
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Who is Civil rights leader Medgar Evers?
Civil rights activist in the Civil Rights Movement who advocated against segregation and was the first school secretary for the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP. The fact that the trials of his killer, Byron De La Beckwith, resulted in two hung judges caused much fury in the African-American community.
His murder and the resulting trials were inspired by civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art including Bob Dylan's 1963 song "There's only one pawn in their game".
Civil rights activist in the Civil Rights Movement who advocated against segregation and was the first school secretary for the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP. The fact that the trials of his killer, Byron De La Beckwith, resulted in two hung judges caused much fury in the African-American community.
His murder and the resulting trials were inspired by civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art including Bob Dylan's 1963 song "There's only one pawn in their game".
He was an insurance salesman after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Alcorn College, a black institution, in 1952.
He is the child of James and Jesse Evers, and has four siblings. He was married to Myrlie Evers.
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He was assassinated hours after John F. Kennedy's speech advocating civil rights.
He was assassinated hours after John F. Kennedy's speech advocating civil rights.
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When was Civil rights leader Medgar Evers born?
Medgar Evers birthday 2-7-1925 (at the age of 99).
Where is Civil rights leader Medgar Evers's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Medgar Evers was born in Mississippi, . is a Civil rights leader, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Medgar Evers's global rank is 23194 and whose rank is 27 in list of famous Civil rights leader. Population of US in 1925 is about 115,829,000 persons.
Medgar Evers birthday 2-7-1925 (at the age of 99).
Where is Civil rights leader Medgar Evers's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Medgar Evers was born in Mississippi, . is a Civil rights leader, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Medgar Evers's global rank is 23194 and whose rank is 27 in list of famous Civil rights leader. Population of US in 1925 is about 115,829,000 persons.
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Events in 1925 and 2-7
Events in US in the birth year of Medgar Evers
- Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming (Jan. 5). She is the first woman governor in U.S. history.
- Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes is arrested (May 5) for teaching the theory of evolution, forbidden by state law.
- Worst tornado in U.S. history hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana: 689 deaths.
- Al Capone takes over the Chicago bootlegging racket.
Birthday Medgar Evers (2-7) in history
- Day 2-7 year 1566: French astrologer, physician and author of the book "Prophecies" Nostradamus passed away in Salon-de-Provence.
- Day 2-7 year 1881: President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19.
- Day 2-7 year 1890: Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
- Day 2-7 year 1937: Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world.
- Day 2-7 year 1964: President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
- Day 2-7 year 1976: In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.
- Day 2-7 year 1997: Actor James Stewart died in Beverly Hills, Calif.
- Day 2-7 year 2002: Steve Fossett became the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon.
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