Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Everswas an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and to enact social justice and voting rights. He is remembered for saying "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 July 1925
CityDecatur, MS
CountryUnited States of America
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If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.
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I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.
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Our only hope is to control the vote.
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The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race.
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I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car... If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam.