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Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers, the first field secretary for the Mississippi NAACP and an active participant in the civil rights movement, was eventually murdered as a result of his involvement.
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers’ work for the Mississippi NAACP did not go unnoticed. He became a well-known civil rights advocate throughout Mississippi, and it was not until he was murdered that his name became familiar to the rest of America.
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