Medgar Evers - Part 1, Civil Rights Heroes, Martin Kent Documentary

Birthday's Today : Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and to enact social justice and voting rights. He is remembered for saying "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea. He served in the United States Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945. He was sent to the European Theater and he fought in the Battle of Normandy in June 1944. After the end of the war, Evers was honorably discharged as a sergeant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers http://www.biography.com/people/medgar-evers-9542324