Medgar Evers Role Model

Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925 in Decatur, MS and was a Civil Rights activist who fought for racial integration and worked for the NAACP before being murdered in 1963 at the age of 38. He had a wife by the name of Myrlie Evers-Williams and had 3 kids by her (2 sons, 1 daughter). In 1954, Medgar Evers became the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. As a civil rights leader, he fought to end the racial injustice he experienced growing up in the South. He was a great role model for blacks and he fought for our rights and what he believed was right.

Evers applied to the University of Mississippi Law School in February 1954. After being turned down, he volunteered to help the NAACP try to integrate the university by filing
He fought for us and did everything in his power to stand up for our rights. As the state field secretary, Evers traveled around Mississippi a lot. He enrolled new members for the NAACP and organized voter-registration efforts. Evers also was the leader in many demonstrations and economic boycotts of white-owned companies that were part of the discrimination act. He fought racial injustices in many ways, including how the state and local legal system dealt with crimes against African Americans. Medgar felt that a way to get to whites and for them to understand the struggles we go through is by leading demonstrations and boycotts. In today’s world, we can connect to back in his day (1950’s) because when things such as racial discrimination happen, our people protest which is similar to boycotting but now, our protest are sometimes peaceful and when we protest we hold signs and chant different sayings. I have never experienced being racially discriminated against to the point where I protest but in this circumstance I can connect because many people hate on me due to the fact that I am a little darker than what they would prefer and they try to belittle me but I do not let them get to
Much like Evers, I also had to conquer many challenges and I am still going through challenges day by day to reach my goal. Medgar Evers was a hard working black man who fought for his community to make things better. He went through many different phases throughout his career but managed to get things completed even when being threatened and people trying to negatively influence him. He was belittled and disrespected just for trying to help his fellow black people and from this is impelled him to work even harder. Unfortunately, Medgar Evers was assassinated to due to the high profile he had and because he was actually making a change for our racial group. He lives to be one of the considerable civil rights activist to ever live. Also like Escalante, I am motivated by the desire to push blacks beyond the perceived limit, to show them that they matter in this world and without us, whites wouldn't have as many things as they do now. I like to encourage people that you can do anything you put your mind to no matter how grueling the situation is just as Evers