Civil Rights Activist and NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers poses for a portrait circa 1960 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Deputy Chief JL Ray arrests Roy Wilkins , Executive Secretary of the NAACP, and Medgar Evers, , NAACP field secretary, who are picketing outside a...
Jackson, Mississippi: To Return To Ole Miss James H Meredith reads prepared statement at news conference January 30, saying he has decided to return...
American civil rights activist Medgar Evers , state NAACP field secretary, speaks about race relations during a television broadcast.
Civil Rights Activist and NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers holding his baby son Darrell as he stands outside home of a friend.
Civil Rights Activist and NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers poses for a portrait circa 1960 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Portrait of State Field Representative Medgar Evers escorting singer Lena Horne to a civil right rally in Jackson, Mississippi.
View of American Civil Rights activists writer James Baldwin and the NAACP’s Mississippi field secretary Medgar Evers read a newspaper together,...
From left, Medgar Evers being interviewed by CBS Reports producer, William 'Bill' Peters. Segment titled, 'Testament of a Murdered Man,' originally...
View of police officers outside the home of assassinated Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers, field secretary for the NAACP. Evers was shot to death by...
James Meredith, and his attorney Constance Motley, were followed by pickets when they left the Federal Courts Building September 28th during the noon...
Demonstrators on the street during the funeral procession of American civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who had been shot dead outside his home in...
Close-up of tears on the face of Myrlie Evers as she attends the memorial service for her late husband, assassinated Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers...
The funeral procession of American civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who had been shot dead outside his home in a racially-motivated assassination,...
Washington, D.C.: Mrs. Medgar Evers, widow of the slain integrationist leader, is shown addressing a National Association for the Advancement of...
At the funeral for slain Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers, his wife, Myrlie Evers , comforts their son, Darryl Kenyatta Evers, while daughter Reena...
Charles Evers comforts his sister-in-law, widow Myrlie Evers, at the funeral of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Some 3,000 Negroes, members of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, led by Mrs. Medgar Evers and Grand Exalted Ruler Judge Hobson...
Jackson, MS: Byron De La Beckwith, in shirtsleeves, is shown confering with his attorney at Jackson police station after De La Beckwith was arrested...
At the funeral of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Charles Evers, brother of Medgar, leans over to comfort Medgar's widow Myrlie and her...
Mourners, including Martin Luther King Jr, march through Jackson, Mississippi in a funeral procession for slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Women consol Myrlie Evers after the assassination of her husband Medgar Evers. Medgar Evers was the president of Mississippi's chapter of the NAACP.
Myrlie Evers holds her young son James Van Dyke the morning after her husband civil rights leader Medgar Evers was killed.
African American demonstrators are blocked by police on Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi after a memorial march held for slain Civil Rights...
Jackson police officers confiscate American flags from protesters demonstrating following the racially-motivated assassination of American civil...
Arlington, VA: The widow of Medgar Evers joined over 2,000 delegates to the NAACP convention in Washington in a pilgrimmage to his grave in Arlington...
At a news conference held in New Orleans 9/27, Mrs. Constance Motley , attorney for Negro James Meredith, reads a prepared statement from James...
African-American teenagers, carrying American flags, protest the assassination of NAACP leader Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi, US, 13th June...
Medgar Evers being interviewed for CBS Reports. The interview originally conducted in the summer of 1962, originally broadcast June 12 the evening of...
Pamphlet consisting of black print on off-white paper. At top, a small bust-length image of Medgar Wiley Evers . At center, an edited photograph...
Mourners march and sing through Jackson, Mississippi in a funeral procession for slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Mourners march through Jackson, Mississippi in a funeral procession for slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Window with a bullet hole reflects the driveway and automobile where Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated at his home.
New York, NY: Thousands gathered at a rally to protest the murder of the children of Birmingham and to demand federal protection of negro people....
Arlington, VA: The widow of Medgar Evers joined over 2,000 delegates to the NAACP convention in Washington in a pilgrimmage to his grave in Arlington...
Close-up of Myrlie Evers, the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, . At the time, officials were considering the possibility of a new...
Two young black men throw rocks and bottles at Jackson policemen following a "march of mourning" for slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. About...
Young demonstrators get into a police wagon during a protest against racism following the assassination of American civil rights Medgar Evers,...
View of American Civil Rights activist Myrlie Evers in a car during the funeral procession for her husband, Medgar Evers, Jackson, Mississippi, June...
Mourners stand solemnly beside the casket of civil rights leader Medgar Evers at the Meridian train station.
Military honor guard folds an American flag over the casket of Medgar Evers, the slain civil rights leader. Widow Myrlie B Evers, and two of her...
Myrlie Evers. Widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, posing against a tree w. Her husband, civil rights activist Walter Williams, during...
Professor John Salter Jr of Tougaloo College, is led away after being forcibly restrained by riot police in Jackson, Mississippi, whilst protesting...
The line of armed police across the main street during the funeral procession of American civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who had been shot dead...
Professor John Salter, of Tougaloo Christian College, is restrained by police during a demonstration following the racially-motivated assassination...
View of American Civil Rights activist Myrlie Evers as she arrives for the funeral of her husband, Medgar Evers, Jackson, Mississippi, June 15, 1963....
Myrlie Evers talks on a telephone in her house after the assassination of her husband, Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers.
Myrlie Evers, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, walking in the snow w. Her husband, civil rights activist Walter Williams during their...
Professor John Salter Jr of Tougaloo College, being forcibly restrained by riot police in Jackson, Mississippi, whilst protesting against the...
Mourners sing during the funeral service of American civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who had been shot dead outside his home in a...
White policemen wear hardhats and carry double-barrelled shotguns as they block mourners demonstrating at the funeral of slain civil rights activist...
Woman walks by a Poem for Medgar Evers written on the side of a truck at the March on Washington, August 28 in Washington, D.C.
The purpose of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. Program from...
Elevated view of the procession of mourners on their way to Medgar Evers' funeral, Jackson, Mississippi, June 15, 1963. Evers was a Civil Rights...