CAME TO CELEBRATE THE DAY. 16 WAPT'S MADELEINE NOLAN HAS MORE. ((PKG)) NAT A HISTORIC DAY IN JACKSON MISSISSIPPI...AS THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS HOME NATIONAL MONUMENT BECAME A NEW UNIT OF THE ...

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1955 file photo, Medgar Evers, state secretary for the NAACP poses for a photo in Jackson, Miss. The historic home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national ...

Myrlie Evers, civil right leader and widow of slain civil rights icon Medgar Evers, acknowledges the audience applause after the unveiling of the new park sign for Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home ...

The Mississippi home of Medgar Evers, a civil rights leader who was killed by a Ku Klux Klan member in 1963, is now a national monument. The U.S. Department of the Interior made the announcement ...

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced Thursday the establishment of a national monument honoring legendary civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, who was assassinated in 1963, and his widow Myrlie ...

The Mississippi home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument. The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson is the 423rd unit of the National Park System, ...

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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, and as she reflects on his work — and her own — to ...