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A short biography of Medgar Evers, a Civil Rights activist who fought for racial integration and worked for the NAACP before being murdered in 1963 at the age of 38.

A short biography of Medgar Evers, a Civil Rights activist who fought for racial integration and worked for the NAACP before being murdered in 1963 at the age of 38 by KKK member Byron De La Beckwith. Evers' death strengthened the Civil Rights Movement and helped usher the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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