Medgar Evers nació el 2 de julio de 1925 en Mississippi, Estados Unidos. Estuvo casado con Myrlie Evers-Williams. Murió el 12 de junio de 1963 en Jackson, Mississippi, Estados Unidos.
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.
