SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Medgar Evers

1925 - 1963

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Medgar Wiley Evers (; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. Evers, a United States Army veteran who served in World War II, was engaged in efforts to overturn racial segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans, including the enforcement of voting rights when he was assassinated. After college, Evers became active in the civil rights movement in the 1950s. Following the 1954 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Medgar Evers is the 503rd most popular social activist (down from 477th in 2019), the 7,469th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,512th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Medgar Evers ranks 503 out of 840. Before him are Danuta Wałęsa, Malalai of Maiwand, Joseph Wresinski, Kim Ok, Xiomara Acevedo, and Eugen Drewermann. After him are Ōsugi Sakae, Daniel De Leon, Christine Delphy, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Doina Cornea, and Stephen Mallory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Medgar Evers ranks 359. Before him are Vladimir Shainsky, Lyuben Berov, Luis E. Miramontes, Joseph Sargent, Margaretha Krook, and Klara Luchko. After him are Borislav Stanković, Pyotr Todorovsky, Asunción Balaguer, Mahmoud Fayad, Albert Eschenmoser, and Jimmy Reed. Among people deceased in 1963, Medgar Evers ranks 158. Before him are Pingali Venkayya, Luo Ronghuan, David Keilin, Boris Kostić, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, and Abram Deborin. After him are Mehdi Frashëri, Henry Daniell, Ernst Wetter, Jorge Daponte, Hugh O'Flaherty, and Dionisio Mejía.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Medgar Evers ranks 7,471 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Byron (1961), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), James C. Adamson (1946), Jon Lovitz (1957), Debbie Rowe (1958), and Paul R. Ehrlich (1932). After him are Don Knotts (1924), Neal Stephenson (1959), Anne Shirley (1918), Raymond J. Barry (1939), Dan Duryea (1907), and John Esposito (1940).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Medgar Evers ranks 69. Before him are Eugene V. Debs (1855), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), Pretty Boy Floyd (1904), Tarana Burke (1973), and Sam Childers (1963). After him are Lucy Stone (1818), Ruby Bridges (1954), Katie Eder (1950), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), Abraham Flexner (1866), and Dorothea Dix (1802).

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