Multimedia Presentations

Video: Dear Medgar, a reading
Mississippi NAACP president Aaron Henry (1922-1997) published this letter in the Mississippi Free Press in June 1964, the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers in the driveway of his home on June 12, 1963.

 

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Medgar and his family learned to leverage photography and media attention to elevate the quest for equality. This is just a small sample of videos and recordings generated over the years.

Videos

Medgar Evers and the Jackson Movement: “Until Freedom Comes”
1963 news feature on direct action campaigns in Jackson and Evers’ murder. Features video of Medgar speaking to group of young activists.
Library of Congress
Video contains offensive language

Address to the American People on Civil Rights, President Kennedy, June 11, 1963 (2:27 min); Library of Congress
Watch the full 13:27 minutes from the John F. Kennedy Library (jfklibrary.org)

Myrlie Evers-Williams Delivers Invocation for President Obama’s Inauguration (begins at 21:24)
Obama White House youtube channel

Interviews

Video featuring audio of Evers speaking
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Interview with Myrlie Evers, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on November 27, 1985, for Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.
Unedited, 80 minutes
Contains offensive language
Image description: Myrlie Evers-Williams, wearing a sweater and pearls, is seated in a residential room in front of window curtains and is asked questions by someone off camera

Interview with Darrell Evers, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on April 1986, for Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965).
Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.
Unedited, 20:45 minutes
Image description: Darrell Evers, wearing plaid button-up shirt, is seated in a chair in front of window curtains and is asked questions by someone off camera