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Medgar Evers

Acting

Born July 2, 1925 · Decatur, Mississippi, USA

Died June 12, 1963

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Biography

Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith.

Awards & recognition

  • Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2024
  • Spingarn Medal · 1963

Filmography2 titles

Bill Russell: Legend

2023as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

South to Black Power

2023as Self