Medgar Evers

By Rami555

  • Birth

    Birth
    Medgar Evers was born at Decatur, Mississippi, on July 2, 1925. .

  • Joins Military

    Joins Military
    He fought both in France and Germany in World War II.

  • Honorable discharge

    Medgar Evers recieved an honorable discharge in April 16,1946

  • Medgar Evers is enrolled in Alcorn College

    Medgar Evers got enrolled in Alcorn College where he a fellow student named Myrlie Beasley.

  • Medgar Evers marries college classmate Myrie Beasley

    Medgar Evers marries college classmate Myrie Beasley
    Medgar evers marries fellow college classmate Myrlie Beasley and they later go on to have three children.

  • Medgar Evers applies to the University of Mississippi

    Medgar Evers applies to the University of Mississippi
    Medgar Evers applied to the University of Mississippi where he got rejected because of his race.

  • Medgar Evers is appointed field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi

    Medgar Evers is appointed field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi
    After being rejected at the University of Mississippi with the help of NAACP, Medgar raised his status and got admitted to the NAACP in Mississippi as the field secretary.

  • Medgar Evers recieves many death threats.

    Medgar Evers was hated by many and so he received many threats and has been attacked constantly yet he does not leave his position in the NAACP.

  • Medgar Evers is assassinated

    Medgar Evers is assassinated
    Medgar Evers was shot in the back while he was heading to the inside of his house.