Medgar Evers wurde am 2 Juli 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi, USA geboren. Er war mit Myrlie Evers-Williams verheiratet. Er starb am 12 Juni 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
Bob Dylan dedicated his song "Only a Pawn in Their Game" to his memory. The song suggests that Evers' assassin does not deserve to be known by name in the annals of history, unlike the man he gunned down ("They lowered him down as a king"), because he was "only a pawn in their game". The song appeared on Dylan's album "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1964).
[on his decision to remain in his home state Mississippi] This is home. Mississippi is a part of the United States. And whether the whites like it or not, I don't plan to live here as a parasite. The things that I don't like I will try to change. And in the long run, I hope to make a positive contribution to the overall productivity of the South.
