News Release

National Park Service Plans Remembrance Event for 60th Anniversary of Medgar Evers Assassination

Date: May 2, 2023
Contact: Keena Graham, 601-660-8839
Contact: Scott Babinowich, 252-473-0221

JACKSON, Mississippi — The National Park Service, in partnership with Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute, National Parks Conservation Association, National Park Foundation, and the Trust for Public Land, will celebrate the legacy of civil rights icon Medgar Evers June 9 -12, 2023 throughout Jackson, Mississippi on the 60th anniversary of his assassination.  

The event will include tours of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, outdoor events, library presentations, and guided auto tours of sites significant to the story of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.    

The remembrance events will conclude on Monday, June 12th, the date of his assassination, with silent walk-throughs of the Evers’ house. More details, including schedules and maps, can be found at: go.nps.gov/evers60. 

Medgar Evers was the first Mississippi field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was tragically assassinated in his driveway on June 12, 1963. The Evers home was established as a unit of the National Park System in 2019 as part of the John Dingell Jr. Conservation Act.