Charles Evers - Wikipedia
WebJames Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers.
Charles Evers, Businessman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 97
WebJul 22, 2020 · Charles Evers, who gave up life as a petty racketeer to succeed his assassinated brother Medgar Evers as a Mississippi civil rights leader in 1963, becoming the state’s first Black mayor since...
Charles Evers's Biography - The HistoryMakers
WebMay 24, 2017 · Charles Evers. Civic activist and political leader Charles Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi to Jess Wright and James Evers. Evers received his B.S. degree from Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in Lorman, Mississippi in 1950. Evers enlisted in the United States Army and served overseas …
Charles Evers | Mississippi Encyclopedia
WebBeginning in the 1950s, Charles Evers was a civil rights activist, a businessman, and a politician. The older brother of Medgar Evers, Charles Evers earned recognition in his own right as a disc jockey, the first African American member of the Democratic National Committee, and the first African American mayor of a biracial town in […]
Mississippi civil rights figure Charles Evers dies - PBS
WebJul 23, 2020 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, died Wednesday. He was 97.
Charles Evers - Wikiwand
WebJames Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers.
Remembering Charles Evers: He was a real political change agent
WebJul 29, 2020 · A genuine political change agent, activist Charles Evers was a walking contradiction. Sid Salter. Guest columnist. Charles Evers, who died last week at the age of 97, changed Mississippi...
Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies
WebJul 23, 2020 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, who led an eclectic life as a civil rights leader, onetime purveyor of illegal liquor in Chicago, history-making Black mayor in deeply segregated Mississippi and contrarian with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday.
Charles Evers, brother of Medgar Evers, dies at the age of 97
WebJul 22, 2020 · Civil Rights icon Charles Evers, the first Black elected mayor of a Mississippi city and brother of Medgar Evers, has died at the age of 97. Evers became the first black mayor of a...
Charles Evers, brother of Medgar Evers and civil rights icon, dies …
WebJul 22, 2020 · JACKSON, Miss. – Charles Evers, who led an eclectic life as a civil rights leader, onetime purveyor of illegal liquor in Chicago, history-making Black mayor in deeply segregated Mississippi and contrarian with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday. He was 97.
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