Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Everswas 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."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 July 1925
CityDecatur, MS
CountryUnited States of America
american-activist control hope
Our only hope is to control the vote.
children die life love wife
I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.
change
If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.
school home cities
When a black Jacksonian looks about his home community, he sees a city of over 150,000, of which 40% is Negro, in which there is not a single Negro policeman or policewoman, school crossing guard, or fireman.
citizens should gift-from-god
The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.
children fighting men
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do it some day. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight the bass. There is room here for my children to play and grow, and become good citizens-if the white man will let them....
fighting america car
I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car... If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam.
Freedom has never been free.
country home race
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race.
african-american
Our only hope is to control the...
children heart wife
Freedom has never been free... I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.
hate people suffering
When you hate, the only person that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the rest don't care.
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You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.