Prominent civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in 1963 

June 12

On June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers was shot and killed. 

Medgar Evers was a prominent civil rights activist. Medgar Evers was shot by a sniper and assassinated in front of his Mississippi home by a KKK white supremacist.

Before his death, Medgar Evers worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other influential leaders. He also served as a NAACP Field Secretary.

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Sources

A&E Television Networks. (n.d.). Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated. History.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/medgar-evers-assassinated

Ring, J. (2023, June 12). 60 years ago, Medgar Evers became a martyr of the Civil Rights Movement. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/12/1180727818/medgar-evers-civil-rights-60-years