50. Mississippi: Medgar Evers and the Civil Rights Movement

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Education, History

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this solo episode, Sharon tells the courageous story of Mississippi native Medgar Evers. Medgar was a well-known and well-liked man who was involved in many organizations throughout his time in college, and following this, he became involved in the NAACP and the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s. He never wanted to be in the public eye, but he saw a job that needed to be done. He was gaining momentum in the movement when he was tragically assassinated by a man who did not want the change that he was fighting for. In this story, you will learn more about Medgar’s Civil Rights efforts, in addition to the justice that was served to the man who ended them.

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0:00.0	Hello my friends!
0:05.0	Thank you so much for joining me today!
0:06.8	I have got a story for you that involves murder, intrigue, and ultimately triumph!
0:16.4	So let's just cut to the cheese and dive right in to our story about mech or ever and
0:24.0	the beautiful state of Mississippi.
0:26.4	I'm Sharon Nickman.
0:28.2	And welcome to the Sharon Says So Podcast.
0:32.8	I bet you've heard the name Medgar Evers before, right?
0:36.0	I bet that name rings a bell somewhere in the back of your mind.
0:39.3	And let me refresh your memory what he was known for.
0:42.9	Medgar Evers born into Caterham, Mississippi in 1925.
0:47.0	You know how when you were a kid and your grandparents were like, I walked uphill both ways
0:52.6	to school with no shoes?
0:55.0	That was actually the Evers family.
0:57.6	That was Medgar Evers who walked 12 miles a day to attend segregated schools in the 1930s
1:06.4	and 40s.
1:08.4	12 miles a day.
1:10.1	That is a significant commitment to somebody's education and ultimately Medgar Evers graduated
1:16.0	from high school.
1:17.0	After he graduated from high school, he joined the Army and was eventually sent to the European
1:23.1	Theater of World War II, he became an Army sergeant, he fought in the Battle of Normandy
1:27.8	and was honorably discharged from the Army.
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