Daughter of Assassinated Civil Rights Leader Sees Painful Echoes of Political Violence in America

Exclusive look inside Medgar Evers’ office above popular Jackson restaurant

Exclusive look inside Medgar Evers’ office above popular Jackson restaurant JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Big Apple Inn in Jackson fuses cultures together. Geno Lee, fourth generation owner of this well-loved establishment, says that in the 1930s, his great-grandfather moved from Mexico City to Jackson with his mother’s hand-made and hand-rolled special recipe of hot tamales. This particular street for the family start-up was intentional. Exclusi…

Event honors assassinated rights leaders

JACKSON, Miss. — More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in American society.

Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence

Experts say the level of political violence in America over the past few years is likely the highest it’s been since the 1960s and 1970s.

Medgar Evers remembered as political violence rises in America

The gathering served both as a commemoration and a call to continue the work Evers began—defending democracy, demanding justice, and protecting the right to dissent.

Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers' Quest For Racial Equality Still Resonates

Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty UPDATED: 10:00 a.m. ET, July 2, 2025 Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers would be turning 100 years old today, and every American must know his courageous story. A four-day conference in Jackson, Mississippi, this week honored the life and legacy of Medgar Evers, spotlighting his important role as a civil rights activist and leader in the community.  During the event, Evers’ daughter, Reena Evers-Everette, remi…

Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers sees painful echoes of political violence in America

Evers-Everette was eight years old when her father, a field secretary for the NAACP, was shot to death in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.