He was born July 2, 1925,
son of James and Jesse Evers,
Medgar Evers of Mississippi,
World War II veteran,
fought in the Battle of Normandy,
June 1944,
with his soldier brothers
of same and other races.

He rose a leader,
a Freedom Hero,
Mississippi field secretary of NAACP,
President, Regional Council of Negro Leaders,
husband of Myrlie, her purity of devotion,
father of Darrell, Reena Denise, James,
civil rights leadership of the highest calling,
of a bravery that persevered again.

That early morning,
June 12, 1963,