Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home NM

 

A Civil Rights Partnership

Medgar and Myrlie Evers were partners in the civil rights struggle. The assassination of Medgar Evers in the carport of their home on June 12, 1963, was the first murder of a nationally significant leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, and it became a catalyst for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Myrlie Evers continues to promote issues of racial equality and social justice. 

7 Feb 2026

This site is a relatively new unit established in 2020. The home was the site of the murder of Medgar Evers on June 11, 1963, and became one of the catalysts for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Seeing the home and taking a few moments to reflect on the events there only takes a short time, but none the less this is an important site to see to better understand one of many events that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Taking in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in conjunction with a visit here will explain the events that led up to that fateful day in 1963. We spent less than an hour here. 

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