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Medgar Wiley Evers

Case from Jackson, MS dated Jun 12, 1963

Victim Details

Medgar Wiley Evers

Male

Black / African American

Jackson

MS

1963-06-12

37

Medgar

Wiley Evers

06/23/2026

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On the night of June 12, 1963, Medgar Wiley Evers, a 37-year-old male civil rights activist, returned to his home in Jackson, Mississippi. An African American World War II veteran and the first NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, he had spent the evening at a community meeting. As he got out of his car, carrying T-shirts that read 'Jim Crow Must Go,' a single shot from a high-powered rifle struck him in the back. The bullet passed through his body, and he staggered to his front door before co ...
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