
Currently Working on a Medgar Evers model for Alcorn State University.  Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 &ndash; June 12, 1963) was an African  American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to  overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. He became active  in the civil rights movement after returning from overseas service in  World War II and completing secondary education; he became a field secretary for the NAACP. Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White  Citizens&amp;#8217; Council. As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military  honors at Arlington National Cemetery.[2][3] His murder and the  resulting trials inspired civil rights protests, as well as numerous  works of art, music, and film.
