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Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. He was an American civil rights activist who was assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith on June 12, 1963, in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers was a field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was known for his work in voter registration drives and his opposition to segregation.