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Women sitting on a natural wood stage with a big screen behind them in a purple color

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Photos: Family, Historians Reflect on Life of Medgar Evers for His 100th Birthday

by Shaunicy Muhammad July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

See photos from the weeklong events commemorating the life and legacy of slain civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers.

A close up of Reena Evers-Everette

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Daughter of Slain Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers Sees ‘Painful’ Echoes of Political Violence in America

by Sophie Bates and Associated Press July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Hodding Carter, center, and former Mississippi Governor William Winter, left, listen to Charles Evers

Hodding Carter III: Hellraiser, Journalist, Mentor, 1935-2023

by Donna Ladd June 15, 2023September 17, 2025

A group of people marching in front of the Mississippi state capitol building with signs and pictures of Emmett Till

Celebrating Two Years of Essential Journalism: ‘Don’t Give Up On Mississippi’

by Kimberly Griffin March 22, 2022July 9, 2024

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‘Today, I Hear Their Hurt’: Mississippi Governor Signs Bill to Change State Flag

by Ashton Pittman June 30, 2020July 2, 2024