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
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This is a racist country.
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.
Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.
The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.
Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.
And we never got the mule, let alone the forty acres.
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.
I'm against abortion.
Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.
I'm for prayer in schools.
I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.
I'm a Republican, by the way.
I'm for economic independence.
The main thing I believe in is freedom.