Throughout his too-brief life, Evers stood as a beacon of courage against the entrenched racism of the segregated South. He waged a tireless battle against the oppressive Jim Crow laws, championed the desegregation of education, and boldly probed into the horrific Emmett Till lynching.
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The entire Mississippi delegation is urging President Joe Biden to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights leader Medgar Evers. U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, along with Representatives Bennie Thompson, Trent Kelly, Michael Guest, and Mike Ezell joined to send a letter to the president.