# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CtaAAOFvOPW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21021813-nationalparkservice-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-12T21:58:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

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.

Image 1: In 1956, Medgar and Myrlie Evers purchased the house at 2332 Guynes Street (now Margaret Walker Alexander Street), located in the Elraine subdivision. 

Image 2: A portrait of Medgar Evers. Courtesy of the Archives and Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Image 3: Close-up view of a junior ranger badge for learning more about the life of Medgar Evers and the Civil Rights Movement. 

#otd #civilrights #medgarevers #mississippi #jackson #history

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## Tags

otd, history, mississippi, jackson, civilrights, medgarevers

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