A Person In My Life Who Actually Emulates Dr
A person in my life who actually emulates Dr. King thoughts about the ultimate measure of a man is none other than James Charles Evers. Evers was born September 11, 1922. He is the older brother of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers. He was very close to his brother, and hey both attended segregated school; however their school were typically underfunded in Mississippi.
Evers was enrolled at Alcon Agricultural and Mechanical college (which is now Alcorn State University) where he graduated in 1950. He was the captain of the football team and student body president. He traveled to Chicago, Illinois doing the summer with his brother in search of work. In 1951 he moved to Philadelphia, Mississippi. He then found a job teaching History and coaching high school football in a nearby town of the Noxpter .He then left teaching when the school in which he taught refused to accept his daughter as a student. In Chicago he became a successful nightclub owner, a disc jockey, and a real estate agent. He was always supportive of his brother, Medgar Evers, and his involvement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also known as the N.A.A.C.P. He sent Medgar money to support the organization, made daily calls checking on him, and he visited him as often as possible. He returned to Mississippi after Medgar's brutal assassination in 1963. He stepped into Medgar's shoes as field director of the N.A.A.C.P. in Mississippi. He decided to run for mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, in 1969. According to one source, "He was the first black mayor elected in a racially mixed Southern town since the Reconstruction." In 1971, he published his first book, his autobiography Evers. He was elected mayor again in 1973. In 1978 he lost his bid to become a U.S. senator. His volatile personality alienated many but inspired more. Elected the first black mayor in Mississippi since Reconstruction, he made a courageous run for governor on the campaign promise "Evers
Evers was enrolled at Alcon Agricultural and Mechanical college (which is now Alcorn State University) where he graduated in 1950. He was the captain of the football team and student body president. He traveled to Chicago, Illinois doing the summer with his brother in search of work. In 1951 he moved to Philadelphia, Mississippi. He then found a job teaching History and coaching high school football in a nearby town of the Noxpter .He then left teaching when the school in which he taught refused to accept his daughter as a student. In Chicago he became a successful nightclub owner, a disc jockey, and a real estate agent. He was always supportive of his brother, Medgar Evers, and his involvement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also known as the N.A.A.C.P. He sent Medgar money to support the organization, made daily calls checking on him, and he visited him as often as possible. He returned to Mississippi after Medgar's brutal assassination in 1963. He stepped into Medgar's shoes as field director of the N.A.A.C.P. in Mississippi. He decided to run for mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, in 1969. According to one source, "He was the first black mayor elected in a racially mixed Southern town since the Reconstruction." In 1971, he published his first book, his autobiography Evers. He was elected mayor again in 1973. In 1978 he lost his bid to become a U.S. senator. His volatile personality alienated many but inspired more. Elected the first black mayor in Mississippi since Reconstruction, he made a courageous run for governor on the campaign promise "Evers