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James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers.
Jul 22, 2020 · Charles Evers, who gave up life as a petty racketeer to succeed his assassinated brother Medgar Evers as a Mississippi civil rights leader in 1963, becoming the state’s first Black mayor since...
May 24, 2017 · Learn about the life and achievements of Charles Evers, a civil rights activist and politician who served as the mayor of Fayette, Mississippi. Watch his interview with The HistoryMakers, where he shares his memories of his brother Medgar Evers and his involvement in the NAACP.
Jul 23, 2020 · Charles Evers, the brother of Medgar Evers, was a NAACP leader, mayor, businessman and political independent. He died at 97 of natural causes, after a long career of challenging racial discrimination and supporting various presidents.
Jul 23, 2020 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, who led an eclectic life as a civil rights leader, onetime purveyor of illegal liquor in Chicago, history-making Black mayor in deeply segregated Mississippi and contrarian with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday. He was 97.
In 1969 Charles Evers was elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, a town of 1,626 residents. He became the first African American mayor of a bi-racial town in Mississippi since Reconstruction. Charles Evers later ran unsuccessfully for governor of Mississippi and for the U.S. Senate.
Jul 22, 2020 · Charles Evers, the brother of slain activist Medgar Evers, was a prominent figure in Mississippi politics and a contrarian who crossed party lines. He ran for office as a Democrat, an Independent and a Republican, and supported Trump in 2016.
