Medgar Evers

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NAACP leader civil rights activist human

Medgar Evers was a prominent African American civil rights leader and NAACP field secretary in Mississippi whose assassination in 1963 made him a martyr of the struggle against racial segregation and injustice.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Medgar Evers canonical	29
Medgar	1
Medgar Evers (posthumous recognition context)	1
civil rights leader Medgar Evers	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NAACP leader ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ gunshot wound ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Medgar Evers College ⓘ Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport ⓘ surface form: Medgar Wiley Evers Airport Medgar Evers Home Museum ⓘ surface form: Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1925-07-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1963-06-12 ⓘ
educatedAt	Alcorn A&M College ⓘ Alcorn A&M College ⓘ surface form: Alcorn State University
employer	NAACP ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ
familyName	Evers ⓘ
givenName	Medgar Evers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medgar
hasCause	racial hatred ⓘ
honorificTitle	martyr of the civil rights movement ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	homicide ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableFor	being assassinated for his civil rights work ⓘ leadership in the civil rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ
notableWork	boycotts of segregated businesses ⓘ campaigns against segregation in Mississippi ⓘ efforts to desegregate the University of Mississippi ⓘ voter registration drives in Mississippi ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	NAACP field secretary ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ organizer ⓘ
participantIn	civil rights protests in Mississippi ⓘ struggle against racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Decatur, Mississippi ⓘ Newton County, Mississippi ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Hinds County ⓘ surface form: Hinds County, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld	civil rights organizer ⓘ field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Myrlie Evers ⓘ Myrlie Evers ⓘ surface form: Myrlie Evers-Williams
victimOf	racially motivated assassination ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American civil rights movement → keyFigure → Medgar Evers ⓘ

American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → associatedWithPerson → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Medgar Evers → givenName → Medgar Evers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medgar

U.S. Civil Rights Trail → commemorates → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Jackson Movement (1960s civil rights campaign) → hasParticipant → Medgar Evers ⓘ

subject surface form: Jackson Movement

Jackson Movement (1960s civil rights campaign) → hasKeyFigure → Medgar Evers ⓘ

subject surface form: Jackson Movement

Medgar Evers Home Museum → namedAfter → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Medgar Evers Home Museum → significantPerson → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum → commemorates → Medgar Evers ⓘ

I Am Not Your Negro → featuresPerson → Medgar Evers ⓘ

I Am Not Your Negro → portrays → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Genius (TV series) → subject → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Genius (TV series) → season4Subject → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Evers → usedBy → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Evers → notableBearer → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Myrlie Evers → spouse → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Myrlie Evers → relative → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Myrlie Evers → influencedBy → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport → namedAfter → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights → hasNotableRecipient → Medgar Evers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medgar Evers (posthumous recognition context)

Decatur, Mississippi → hasNotablePerson → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College → nameHonors → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Newton County, Mississippi → notableAsBirthplaceOf → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Medgar Evers College → namedAfter → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Ghosts of Mississippi → character → Medgar Evers ⓘ

James Meredith → supportedBy → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Aaron Henry → workedWith → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Guynes Street (Medgar Evers Boulevard area), Jackson → associatedWith → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Tougaloo College → hasNotableAlumni → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Jackson–Evers International Airport → namedAfter → Medgar Evers ⓘ

Jackson–Evers International Airport → isNamedFor → Medgar Evers ⓘ

this entity surface form: civil rights leader Medgar Evers

Remember This House → mainSubject → Medgar Evers ⓘ