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Noun Named Entity
Categories: 1963 deaths, American terrorism victims, American army personnel of World War II, Ku Klux Klan crimes in Mississippi, African-American history of Mississippi
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Evers  Medgar Evers  Medgar Wiley Evers  assassination of Medgar Evers  Evers, Medgar
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United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963) WordNet 3.0
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United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, who was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith. Wikipedia
African-American civil rights activist Wikidata
IS A
civil rights leader
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Spingarn Medal
CONFLICT
World War II
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
EDUCATED AT
Alcorn State University
ETHNIC GROUP
African-American
FAMILY NAME
Evers
MANNER OF DEATH
homicide
MEMBER OF
NAACP
MEMBER OF SPORTS TEAM
Alcorn State Braves football
OCCUPATION
politician
human rights defender
OWNER OF
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
PLACE OF BIRTH
Decatur
PLACE OF BURIAL
Arlington National Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
Jackson
SEX OR GENDER
male
SIBLING
Charles Evers
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers
Wikipedia
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Medgar Evers
Wikidata
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Medgar Evers
Wikipedia Redirections
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assassination of Medgar Evers, Evers, Medgar, Medgar, Medgar Evans, Medgar Evars, Medgar W. Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers, Medgar Wylie Evers, Medger Evers, Reena Denise Evers, You can't kill an idea, You can not kill an idea
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Medgar Wiley Evers

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