Medgar Evers' Legacy Honored 60 Years After Assassination

Sixty years ago, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in his driveway by a member of the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers fought for equality in his home state, leading boycotts of white-owned businesses, holding voter registration drives, and fighting to overturn segregation in public spaces. Despite receiving violent threats, Evers often spoke of his affection for Mississippi. His legacy was carried on by his younger brother, Charles Evers, who became the state's first Black mayor of a biracial town in 1969.