Charles Evers
Charles Evers
James Charles Eversis an American civil rights activist and former politician. A Republican, Evers was known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers. He was made the National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleState Voter Registration Chairman in 1954. After his brother's assassination in 1963, Evers took over his position as field director of the NAACP in Mississippi. As field director, Evers organized and led many demonstrations for the rights of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth11 September 1922
CityDecatur, MS
CountryUnited States of America
Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.
Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.
Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black.
We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get away with it.
The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.
I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.
The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.
Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.
I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.
So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.
The Republican Party does not reach out.
I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.
I feel there should be blacks in every Party.
I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.