print email comment close The Legacy of Medgar Evers URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1294360 Description: Information about the legacy of the 1963 murder of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The story notes that "once the leader in the number of lynchings in America, today Mississippi leads in the number of elected black officials." Includes audio of the show, Evers speaking, and the "Ballad of Medgar Evers," sung by the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) Freedom Singers. Also includes links to related material. From National Public Radio (NPR). Publisher: National Public Radio (NPR) Extra Keywords Jim Crow segregation desegregation Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 Southern States -- Race relations LII Database Information: Record 932 created by Maria Brandt on 06/14/2005 Last modification on 06/15/2005 Published: 06/14/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/932