~ The white supremacist was convicted of the 30-year-old crime in 1994. Marcia Walker remembers the constant smirk that lined the face of white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith as he listened to the ...

Medgar Evers was one of the most influential figures in the Civil Rights Movement. Evers' assassination in the carport of his Jackson home, now a national monument, in 1963 is considered the first ...

Many people likely see the work of Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers as having a profound impact on the progression of civil rights for Black Americans over the past 70 years. And as of July 2, the day ...

>> ALL RIGHT. BETHEL, THANKS. WELL, TODAY MARKS 62 YEARS SINCE MEDGAR EVERS WAS ASSASSINATED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HIS JACKSON HOME. 16 WAPT S ERIN PICKENS IS IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT. SHE TALKED TO HIS ...

JACKSON, Miss. — At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, as she reflects on his work to push ...

A week after Pentagon leaders announced their intention to possibly rename the USNS Medgar Evers, christened for the World War II veteran and civil rights leader, his family urged the Department of ...

The Jackson City Council has unanimously passed a resolution urging the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense to reverse their decision to remove civil rights icon Medgar Evers' name from the USNS ...

Medgar Evers, state secretary for the NAACP, in Jackson in 1955. Pearl River Community College premiered a musical piece this week in honor of Evers. AP File AP Jackson City Council passed resolution ...