| NAME OF PERSON | DESCRIPTION |
| Medgar Evers | He was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi, the state’s field secretary for the NAACP, and a World War II veteran who had served in the United States Army. He worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans, which included the enforcement of voting rights. |
| DESCRIPTION | NAME OF SITE | CITY | STATE |
| BIRTHPLACE | MARKER | DECATUR | MISSISSPPI |
| GREW UP | CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST | DECATUR | MISSISSPPI |
| CHURCH | NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| ALMA MATER | NEWTON VOCATIONAL SCHOOL | DECATUR | MISSISSPPI |
| STUDIED | ALCORN AGRICULTURAL AND MECHINCAL COLLEGE | LORMAN | MISSISSPPI |
| WORKED- It was largely because of Howard’s influence that Evers, from 1952 to 1954, not only traveled his Delta route selling insurance, but organized new chapters of the NAACP. | T.RM HOWARD LIFE INSURANCE- 1952-1954 | MOUND BAYOU | MISSISSPPI |
| MUSEUM | MISSISSPPI CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| MUSEUM | MISSISSPPI HISTORY MUSEUM | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| MUSEUM | SMITH&ROBERTSON MUSEUM | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| TRIAL | HINDY COUNTY COURTHOUSE | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| DEATHPLACE | UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSPPI MEDICAL CENTER | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| BURIAL PLACE | ARLINGTON CEMETERY | ARLINGTON | VIRGINIA |
| ASSISSANATION SITE | EVERS HOME 2332 MARGRET WALKER ALEXANDER DRIVE | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| FUNERAL HOME | COLLINS FUNERAL HOME | JACKSON | MISSISSPPI |
| INTERESTING FACT | After Evers was assassinated, an estimated 5,000 people marched from the Masonic Temple on Lynch Street to the Collins Funeral Home on North Farish Street in Jackson. |
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