Murals and HVAC upgrades bring new life to Medgar Evers Library, as the demolished Eudora Welty Library site is being prepared to become a public park.

Partnership brings prominent community development financial institution to the Peach State JACKSON, Miss., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- H ...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. Civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. and Bankole Thomp ...

Medgar Evers was a man who poured his life into a nation that seemed to want nothing more than to erase him.

Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925. He was assassinated June 12, 1963 outside his home in Jackson, three weeks before his 38th birthday.

As what would have been Medgar Evers 100th birthday passes, people who gathered at a conference dedicated to him reflected on his lasting legacy.

MISSISSIPPI: More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in American society.

As what would have been Medgar Evers 100th birthday passes, people who gathered at a conference dedicated to him reflected on his lasting legacy.

The weekend celebration of what would have been civil rights icon Medgar Evers’ 100th birthday continues in Jackson.Evers, who was assassinated in his driveway in 1963, is remembered for his tireless ...

People from across the nation gathered at the Jackson Convention Center to honor civil rights icon Medgar Evers on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Christened in 2011, the USNS Medgar Evers may lose its name — a move that’s drawn backlash from Evers’ family and now the Jackson City Council.

News about Medgar Evers, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.