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Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi to Jesse and James Evers.
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In 1943 Medgar Evers was inducted into the military along with his older brother Charles Evers
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Medgar Evers was dsicharged from the military in 1945 as a sergeant
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Medgar Evers enrolled at Alcorn College (now Alcorn State University) in 1948 and would major in business association
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Medgar Evers marries his college classmate and they go on to have three children together
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Medgar Evers attempts to apply to the University of Mississippi Law School, but is denied
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After the attempt to intergrate the University of Mississippi failed the NAACP suggested that Evers become the field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi
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Medgar Evers received many threats and was constantly attcked and had a gas bomb thrown into the carport of his house
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On June 12, 1963 Medgar Evers was unloading his car in his driveway when a Klan member named Byron De La Beckwith shot him in the back of the head with an Enfield 1917 rifle.
