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Medgar Evers
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African-American civil rights activist (1925-1963)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Medgar Evers College Freshman Seminar
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1967-02-08
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 25
- Total plays
- 118
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer
· 2016 · cited 3,247x
- Accurate whole human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry
· 2008 · cited 3,008x
- Membrane transporters in drug development
· 2010 · cited 2,934x
- Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)
· 2019 · cited 2,880x
- 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
· 2022 · cited 2,356x
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Key facts
- Born
- Medgar Wiley Evers , ( 1925-07-02 ) July 2, 1925, Decatur, Mississippi , U.S.
- Died
- June 12, 1963 (1963-06-12) (aged 37), Jackson, Mississippi , U.S.
- Cause of death
- Assassination by gunshot
- Burial place
- Arlington National Cemetery (with full military honors )
- Education
- Alcorn State University ( BA )
- Occupation
- Civil rights activist
- Spouse
- Myrlie Beasley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 )
- Relatives
- Charles Evers (brother)
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1943–1946
- Rank
- Technician fifth grade
- Unit
- 657th Port Company
- Conflicts
- World War II Western Front Normandy landings
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Medgar Evers in uniform.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Medgar Evers
- date of birth
- 1925-07-02
- date of death
- 1963-06-12
- name in native language
- Medgar Evers
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Article
Medgar Wiley Evers (/ˈmɛdɡər/; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. A United States Army veteran who served in World War II, he was engaged in efforts to overturn racial segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans, including the enforcement of voting rights prior to his assassination.
After college, Evers became active in the civil rights movement in the 1950s. Following the 1954 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, he challenged the segregation of the state-supported public University of Mississippi. Evers applied to law school there, as the state had no public law school for African Americans. He also worked for voting rights, economic opportunity, access to public facilities, and other changes in the segregated society. In 1963, Evers was awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal.