Medgar Evers(1925-1963)

Civil rights activist and U.S. Army serviceman who was the NAACP's first field secretary in his home state Mississippi. He worked to overturn segregation in the University of Mississippi, which proceeded with James Meredith's historical admission on October 1, 1962.

[on his decision to remain in his home state Mississippi] This is home. Mississippi is a part of the United States. And whether the whites like it or not, I don't plan to live here as a parasite. The things that I don't like I will try to change. And in the long run, I hope to make a positive contribution to the overall productivity of the South.