Veteran civil rights leader Charles Evers, whose brother was assassinated in 1963, dies aged 97

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He served as first black mayor in Mississippi in 1969

Evers was the older brother of civil rights icon and Mississippi National Association for the Advancement of Colored People leader Medgar Evans, who was assassinated in 1963 outside his home in the state.

 

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Great guy. I remember that movement. Joe Biden's 'great friend and mentor', a high ranking member of the KKK, obstructed that civil rights movement. You should write something about that...

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