Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Preserving and interpreting the Home and story of Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers and his family.
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The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, also known as Medgar Evers House, is a historic house museum at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi. Built in 1956, it was the home of African-American civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

On this day, we stand in solemn remembrance of Medgar Wiley Evers. A devoted father, husband, leader, and role model for...
06/12/2026

On this day, we stand in solemn remembrance of Medgar Wiley Evers. A devoted father, husband, leader, and role model for generations was assassinated on this day in 1963, coming home from a late-night meeting.

Myrlie, Darrell, Reena, and James Evers had to withstand two mistrials and 31 years of tireless work advocating for justice for Mr. Medgar. Besides continuing the work Mr. Medgar and Mrs. Myrlie had been doing for years, the family dedicated itself to advocating for justice for Mr. Medgar. In 1994, a third trial commenced, and the assassin was found guilty.

Myrlie Evers continues to work for civil rights- in 1995, she was named chairperson of the NAACP, in 1998 she won the prestigious Springarn Medal, an award her husband had won in 1963.

The Evers Home will be open today for tours and special remembrance activities and exhibits throughout the Park. Please come by and pay your respects.

Want to help us tell the stories of the Evers family? Do you live within 75 miles of our Park? Then we invite you to app...
06/10/2026

Want to help us tell the stories of the Evers family? Do you live within 75 miles of our Park? Then we invite you to apply for a GS-7 Interpretive Ranger. Apply today!

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/872609400

Do you hear that? That's the sound of birds chirping and inviting you to take part in the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home N...
06/10/2026

Do you hear that? That's the sound of birds chirping and inviting you to take part in the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument's Accessible Birding on the Museum Trail event on June 17th!

Meet at 11:00 AM at 1399 Lakeland Dr. and take in the beauty of our environment while observing birds. All are welcome! Don't have binoculars? No problem! We will provide some for you!

When James Meredith walked onto the campus of the University of Mississippi on October 1st, 1962, a deadly riot broke ou...
06/09/2026

When James Meredith walked onto the campus of the University of Mississippi on October 1st, 1962, a deadly riot broke out among the all-white student body. It was not until the 82nd Airborne of the United States Army intervened that campus returned to a very tenuous peace. Meredith was a veteran, a Mississippian, and had worked with Medgar Evers, Constance Baker-Motley, and others to gain admission to the public university, a right guaranteed him by 1954’s Brown v. Board decision.

Meredith completed his education at the University and continued to advocate for civil rights. In June of 1966, Meredith embarked on his March Against Fear, a solo march from Memphis to Jackson, aiming to encourage African Americans to register to vote and to challenge the Jim Crow culture still pervasive in Mississippi. On June 6, Meredith crossed into Mississippi, and while he was followed by a cadre of state police and FBI agents, he was ambushed from the woods at the roadside and sustained injuries to the neck, head, back, and leg.

Unable to continue the march, Civil Rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and Floyd McKissick stepped in in his stead. Meredith rejoined the march near Jackson while still recovering from his wounds. The March Against Fear saw generations of Civil Rights leaders marching arm in arm. It was on the March Against Fear that Stokely Carmichael introduced the public to the concept of Black Power to the concept of Black Power in Greenville on July 28th, 1966, signifying the start of another chapter of the Civil Rights Movement.

On this day in 1961, Freedom Riders arrived in Jackson, Mississippi. The Freedom Rides began on May 4th of 1961, and aim...
05/24/2026

On this day in 1961, Freedom Riders arrived in Jackson, Mississippi. The Freedom Rides began on May 4th of 1961, and aimed to test Supreme Court cases desegregating interstate travel by travelling throughout the American South with an integrated group of travelers, who sat in segregated waiting rooms, ate in segregated restaurants, and used other segregated accommodations. As the riders travelled further and further south, they faced worse and worse violence, including the lighting on fire of one of the buses in Anniston, Alabama.

Medgar Evers watched the developments closely, at first unsure of the wisdom of the tactics used by the Freedom Riders. While his first impressions echoed those of many NAACP leaders, Evers eventually came around to supporting them. He helped organize support of the Riders who were arrested and sent to Parchman prison, by Ross Barnett, who was bent on breaking the morale of the Freedom Riders.

Young people in Jackson were also inspired by the Rides and sit-in Movements and created their own direct -action campaigns across the city, at restaurants, public parks, and even the Public Library. Medgar Evers was by their side, even welcoming Roy Wilkins to Jackson to publicize the youth movement in Jackson.

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is excited to announce that we are hiring a Civil Rights Steward thro...
05/22/2026

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is excited to announce that we are hiring a Civil Rights Steward through Americorps. Think you'd be a good fit? Apply at https://ow.ly/3Qal50Z3cJ0

Do you want to help us tell the Evers stories? Volunteer with us! We have openings to fit any interest! For more informa...
05/21/2026

Do you want to help us tell the Evers stories? Volunteer with us! We have openings to fit any interest!

For more information, call 601-559-2962 or email [email protected]

Malcolm X would have been 101 years old today. Born in Detroit, Malcolm X became a leading figure in the Civil Rights Mo...
05/19/2026

Malcolm X would have been 101 years old today. Born in Detroit, Malcolm X became a leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement, writing, speaking, and arguing for racial justice on a worldwide stage. Malcolm X and Medgar Evers worked simultaneously, and Malcolm X was deeply moved by the assassination of Medgar Evers in 1963. As historian Dr. Michael Vinson Williams notes, Malcolm “argued that the world believed that 1963 would mark "a hundred years of progress" toward good race relations between white and Black in the United States," but what they witnessed was a year of brute savagery. He noted that, among the other violent deaths that year, the brutal murder of Medgar Evers was indicative of the overall social problems plaguing the country."

Malcolm X’s wife, Dr. Betty Shabazz, became very good friends with the Evers family, teaching at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York, and, along with Coretta Scott King, forming a tight friend group and community for each of the women to thrive in the wake of deep tragedies.

To read Malcolm X's entire speech, find it here:
https://ow.ly/UCIp50YSxAt

On this day in 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson was decided by the United States Supreme Court, codifying the Jim Crow mantra of...
05/18/2026

On this day in 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson was decided by the United States Supreme Court, codifying the Jim Crow mantra of ‘separate but equal’ into American law. In 1892, Homer Plessy, a Louisianian of 1/8 Black descent, tested Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, which required Black train passengers to travel in the back of the train, with less desirable and less safe seating. Plessy was recruited by the Comite de Citoyens (Committee of Citizens) and tasked him with sitting in the ‘white’ car, though Plessy was Black under Louisiana law. Plessy was arrested, when he refused to leave.

Plessy’s lawyers argued the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the American Constitution. The decision found that separate accommodations for white and Black was constitutional. The Court ruled 7-1, setting one of the most important precedents to the continued development of Jim Crow across the country. The only dissent, written by Justic John Marshall Harlan, argued the Constitution was color blind, and thus the Separate Car Act was unconstitutional, as was segregation.

It was not until 1954, with Brown v. Board of Education that segregation was ruled unconstitutional, that desegregation of public accommodations was to proceed with all deliberate speed. When Medgar Evers heard of this, he applied to the University of Mississippi Law School, which ultimately denied him access, despite Brown’s decision. Medgar Evers would go on to aid James Meredith to integrate that university in 1962.

Today, 72 years ago, a major blow was dealt to segregation across America. The Brown V. Board of Education decision, han...
05/17/2026

Today, 72 years ago, a major blow was dealt to segregation across America. The Brown V. Board of Education decision, handed down today, ruled that segregation in education violated the constitution. This decision would coincide with Mr. Medgar’s appointment as NAACP Field Secretary of Mississippi, where he would assist Black communities around the state to organize lawsuits and petitions to desegregate school districts around the state.

Mr. Medgar & Mrs. Myrlie even filed suit against the Jackson Public School District, naming their son Darrell, as part of their fight to desegregate the Jackson school district. Although school desegregation in Mississippi would occur many years after the Brown decision, the decision marked the beginning of the end for segregation in Mississippi and a new chapter in the fight for freedom.

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2332 Margaret W Alexander Drive
Jackson, MS
39213

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Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

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+16013457211

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