| Title: |
Charles Evers
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Civil Rights Documentation Project
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| Description: |
Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science. Evers served in World War II and the Korean War. In June of 1963, when his brother Medgar Evers was murdered, Evers moved back to Mississippi to carry on his brother's civil rights work. After working for five years at voter registration and related civil rights activities, Evers entered into Mississippi politics in 1968. He became a candidate for United States Representative from Mississippi's third Congressional district but lost the election. Evers was elected Mississippi's Democratic National Committeeman. In 1969, he was elected mayor of the town of Fayette, Mississippi, and in 1971 was defeated by Bill Waller in his bid to become Mississippi's first black governor.
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| Extent: |
1 page
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| URL: |
http://anna.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/oh/oheverscp.html
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| Restrictions: |
The transcript is presented here for reference purposes only. Interviews in this collection are protected by copyright.
PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1971 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Evers, Charles, 1922-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
11-Sep-1922
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Decatur, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Civil rights activist; Mayor
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| Age at speaking: |
49
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| Document date: |
03-Dec-1971
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| Interviewer: |
Smith, Robert
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; White Citizens Council
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| Historical events discussed: |
Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights movements--United States; Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963; Mississippi; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-; United States; White Citizens Council
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Activism
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023566-25079
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