Charles Evers, Civil Rights Activist and Politician, Dead at 97
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today
Civil rights activist and politician Charles Evers, brother of slain NAACP leader Medgar Evers, died Wednesday morning in Brandon, his family said. He was 97.
“The world lost a fearless Civil Rights leader this morning,” a statement from his family said. “… The life mission of Charles Evers was to advance the work of his beloved brother, who was assassinated on June 12, 1963. After his killing, Charles Evers rushed to Jackson to take his brother’s place as field secretary for the Mississippi NAACP and in 1969 he became Mississippi’s first black mayor since Reconstruction in a biracial town (Fayette) … Our family is heartbroken and proud of his legacy.”
“His memory will always be cherished and honored,” Reeves said.