Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"In response to his death, 5,000 people marched in Jackson, Mississippi, including Dr. King.Medgar Evers gave his life for the movement."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"Medgar Evers was born in 1925 and served in combat in World War II, participating in D-Day. After he returned from the war, he attended the HBCU that is now @AlcornStateU."Read on Twitter
"He worked for the @NAACP in Mississippi as their first field secretary in that state, attempting to desegregate the states institutions. His investigations into the lynching of Emmett Till raised his profile and made him the target of multiple attempts on his life."Read on Twitter
"Not long after midnight on Wed. June 12, 1963, Evers was returning to his house after a meeting with lawyers from the @NAACP. He was carrying shirts that said Jim Crow Must Go when he was assassinated in his front yard by a white supremacist. #BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
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