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@ Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

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Records collected between December 1971 and April 1973 by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission on Charles Evers. The file consists of newspaper articles and internal memorandums tracking Evers and his political career. Several of the memorandums allege conflict between Charles Evers and Aaron Henry in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and in the Loyal Democratic Party. Other articles comment on Evers' administration as mayor of Fayette, Mississippi. The final article and memorandum announce plans for a celebration marking the tenth anniversary of Medgar Evers' assassination in 1963.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Mayors
  3. African American Politicians
  4. African Americans
  5. Anniversaries
  6. Assassination
  7. Civil Rights
  8. Civil Rights Movements
  9. Civil Rights Workers
  10. Election
  11. Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925 1963
  12. Fayette
  13. Fayette (Miss.)
  14. Government
  15. Governors
  16. Mayors
  17. Mississippi
  18. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  19. Politicians
  20. Politics And Government
  21. Race Relations

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