Over the years, the widow of Medgar Evers has been relentless in her drive to keep his memory and legacy alive and burning. We share her commitment and extend it in our demand that the martyred civil rights legend be honored.
Over the years, the widow of Medgar Evers has been relentless in her drive to keep his memory and legacy alive and burning.
We share her commitment and extend it in our demand that the martyred civil rights legend be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. For the countless number ofHe may be forgotten by many, but his horrific murder in the driveway of his home on June 12, 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi, is forever etched in his widow’s memory.
Readers can help us in this cause with their letters of support addressed to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Medgar Evers was a fully devoted freedom fighter, and many were reminded of his heroic deeds in helping to bring the murderers of Emmett Till to justice. Now it’s time for a measure of justice for Medgar, knowing a medal can only symbolize what he did daily in the fight for human dignity and decency.
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