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
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.
I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.
The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.
I don't believe in welfare.
I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.
I feel there should be blacks in every Party.
I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.
I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.
We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.
I'm for prayer in schools.
Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.
Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.
The main thing I believe in is freedom.