Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi commemorates the legacies of two civil rights activists who, from their small, three-bedroom ranch home, devoted their lives to ending racial injustice against Black Americans through local and national activism. Medgar Evers was shot by an assassin's bullet just after midnight 60 years ago today on June 12, 1963. He would be pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local hospital, three weeks shy of his 38th birthday. As a World War II and D-Day veteran, he would eventually be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Medgar's death would become one of the events that led to the eventual passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; however, Myrlie did not see justice for the murder of her husband until 31 years later. Myrlie – an author, lecturer, and educator – has continued her activism, becoming one of the first African American women to run for Congress and eventually serving as chairwoman of the NAACP. Ima...