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Definition von medgar evers im Französisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Medgar Evers (1925-1963), black American civil rights activist who was assassinated in Mississippi (USA), field secretary of the NAACP
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Definition von medgar evers im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Miss., U.S. died June 12, 1963, Philadelphia, Miss. African American civil-rights activist. After serving in World War II he entered business in Mississippi. He and his elder brother, Charles, began organizing local affiliates of the NAACP; in 1954 Medgar became the organization's first field secretary in Mississippi. He traveled throughout the state recruiting members and organizing economic boycotts. In June 1963, hours after a speech on civil rights by Pres. John F. Kennedy, Evers was shot and killed in an ambush outside his home. A white segregationist was charged with the murder but was set free after two trials in 1964 resulted in hung juries; he was finally convicted after a third trial in 1994. Evers's widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, later headed the NAACP (1995-98)
- (1925-1963) black American civil rights activist who was assassinated in Mississippi (USA), field secretary of the NAACP
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Definition von medgar evers im Englisch Französisch wörterbuch
- Medgar Evers (1925-1963), leader noir des droits civiques qui fut assassiné par un raciste au Mississipi (USA), premier secrétaire de l'Assocation nationale pour l'Avancement des Personnes de Couleur (NAACP)