On this day in 1946, Medgar Evers and six other World War II veterans tried to vote in Decatur, Mississippi, only to be turned away by an armed White mob.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today July 2, 2023 JULY 2, 1946 On his 21st birthday, Medgar Evers and six other World War II veterans, including his brother, Charles, tried to vote in Decatur, Mississippi, only to be turned away by an armed White mob. That day, Medgar Evers vowed that he would never be whipped again. He and other Black war veterans joined together to fight the civil rights movement.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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