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This Civil Rights Activist & WWII Veteran Got Justice Three Decades After His Murder
Remembering the remarkable life of Medgar Wiley Evers.
The Civil Rights Movement in 20th-century America forever changed what it meant to be African-American in the US. The success of the movement, which lasted for over an arduous decade, cannot be attributed to a single person or organization. It was a coordinated effort between the African-American community and those sympathetic to their cause.
Looking back, we have many important historical figures to thank for their contribution to the fight against racial injustice. In a previous story, I covered the life of Bayard Rustin, the gay, black civil rights activist responsible for the March on Washington. Today, I will go over the life of Medgar Wiley Evers, the civil rights activist who fought in WWII.
He fought in the army for three years during WWII.
Medgar Wiley Evers was born to James and Jessie Evers on July 2nd, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. During his childhood, Evers witnessed overt displays of racism against the black community on the daily. When he was twelve years old, one of his family friends was lynched, and the man’s bloody clothing was hung from a fence for over a year as an intimidation…
