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Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), Born St. Louis, MissouriMedgar Evers (1925–1963), Born Decatur, MississippiMedgar Evers (center right) played a critical role in organizing and sustaining the Jackson Movement--a multifaceted campaign to end segregation in Mississippi’s most populous city. In the spring of 1963, Evers launched a boycott of stores in Jackson’s main shopping district after the mayor rejected an NAACP-sponsored resolution calling for fair hiring practices in municipal jobs, desegregation of public facilities and accommodations, an end to discriminatory business practices, and the establishment of a biracial committee to combat injustice and promote reform. When NAACP national secretary Roy Wilkins (center left) joined Evers in picketing the F. W. Woolworth store in downtown Jackson, local police brandishing electric cattle prods swiftly arrested both men. This press photograph documenting the arrest appeared in the New York Times on June 2, 1963--just ten days before a white supremacist assassinated Evers.Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), Nacido en St. Louis, MissouriMedgar Evers (1925–1963), Nacido en Decatur, MississippiMedgar Evers (centro a la derecha) desempeñó un papel fundamental en la organización y el manteni- miento del Movimiento Jackson, una campaña multi- facética que buscaba poner fin a la segregación en la ciudad más poblada de Mississippi. En la primavera de 1963, Evers lanzó un boicot a las tiendas del principal distrito comercial de Jackson después de que el alcalde de la ciudad rechazara la resolución patrocinada por la NAACP que exigía prácticas de contratación justas en empleos municipales, desegregación de las instalaciones y los alojamientos públicos, el fin de las...

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National Portrait Gallery

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Smithsonian Institution