In fact, earlier in the 1908 season, the identical situation had been brought to the umpires ' attention by Evers ; the umpire that day was the same Hank O ' Day.

During this time, he was advised by Medgar Evers, a civil rights leader.

The first African American mayor in post-Reconstruction Mississippi, Charles Evers, was elected by the people of Fayette in 1969.

Netflix spokesperson Joris Evers indicated that the PAC was not set up to support SOPA and PIPA, tweeting that the intent was to " engage on issues like net neutrality, bandwidth caps, UBB and VPPA.

Medgar Wiley Evers ( July 2, 1925June 12, 1963 ) was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi.

Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens ' Council.

As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1948 Evers enrolled at Alcorn College ( a historically black college, now Alcorn State University ) majoring in business administration ; he also competed on the debate, football, and track teams, sang in the choir, and was junior class president.

Howard was also president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership ( RCNL ); Evers helped organize the RCNL's boycott of filling stations which denied blacks use of the stations ' restrooms.

Evers applied to the then-segregated University of Mississippi Law School in 1954 but his application was rejected.

In late 1954 Evers ' was named the NAACP's first field secretary for Mississippi.

This was observed in the case for murdered civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was found to be almost perfectly preserved over 30 years after his death, permitting an accurate autopsy when the case of his murder was re-opened in the 1990s.

Her SoS campaign was guided by Mark Reichelderfer, Trey Evers, Benjamin McKay, Adam Goodman and sometimes Dan Berger.

De La Beckwith was on trial for the murder of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers, but an all-white jury was unable to agree on a verdict in both this and a subsequent re-trial.

In the second subsequent re-trial, former Governor Ross Barnett interrupted the proceedings — while Myrlie Evers was testifying — to shake hands with Beckwith.

Gospel legend Mahalia Jackson sang " How I Got Over ", musician Bob Dylan performed several songs, including " Only a Pawn in Their Game ", about the culturally fed racial hatred amongst Southern whites that led to the assassination of Medgar Evers ; and " When the Ship Comes In ", during which he was joined by fellow folk singer Joan Baez, who earlier had led the crowds in several verses of " We Shall Overcome " and " Oh Freedom ".

She was at an NAACP rally with Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi, the weekend before Evers was assassinated.

James Charles Evers ( born September 11, 1922 ), the older brother of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers, is a leading civil rights spokesman within the Republican Party in his native Mississippi.

Hadley is the father of five children: Thomas, Toni, and Mackenzie by his first wife, Leonie Lawson, and Zara ( born 21 December 2006 ) by Alison Evers, whom he married in July 2009 at Cliveden House, Berkshire.

Lance Evers ( born April 3, 1969 ) known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler.

Erik Bruhn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the fourth child and first son of Ellen ( née Evers ), owner of a hairdressing salon, and third child of Ernst Bruhn.

Evers was born in Troy, New York.

Evers was born on July 21, 1881, in Troy, New York.

Evers was born Herb Evers in New York City, New York.

* July 2 – Medgar Evers, African-American civil rights activist ( d. 1963 )

He was traded again the next summer, on July 21, 1988, to the Seattle Mariners along with two career minor leaguers ( Rich Balabon and Troy Evers ) in exchange for Ken Phelps.

Johann Philipp Gustav von Ewers or Evers ( July 27, 1779 in Amelunxen – November 20, 1830 in Dorpat ) was a German legal historian and the founder of Russian legal history as a scholarly discipline.

John Joseph Evers ( July 21, 1881 – March 28, 1947 ) was an American professional baseball second baseman and manager.

" The College was officially established on July 30, 1970 when Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller signed the legislation approving the " establishment of an experimental four-year college of professional studies offering both career and transfer associate degrees and the baccalaureate degree ..." Finally, on September 28, 1970 the Board of Higher Education approved the recommendation from the College ’ s Community Council that the name of the college be Medgar Evers College, in honor of the martyred civil rights leader, Medgar Wiley Evers ( 1925 – 1963 ).

Tinker is perhaps best known for the " Tinker to Evers to Chance " double play combination in the poem " Baseball's Sad Lexicon ," written by the New York Evening Mail newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce Adams in July 1910.

The university also received additional major donations, including a $ 2. 3 million gift from Leonard Evers to establish the Evers Computer Scholarship and a donation from Bob and Ruth Mangrum to build the Mangrum Track & Soccer Field.

On December 2, 1970, the Medgar Evers College Community Council, chaired by John Enoch, and the Board of Higher Education co-hosted an announcement ceremony at the Y. M. C. A.

As of 2004-07, of Medgar Evers ' 4, 614 undergraduates, 21 % were male and 79 % were female ; with a racial / ethnic breakdown of 5 % Non-resident alien, 87 % Black non-Hispanic, 1 % Asian or Pacific Islander, 5 % Hispanic, and 2 % non-Hispanic White.

# " The Ballad of Medgar Evers " – 2: 44

#" The Ballad of Medgar Evers " – 2: 44

Jason Evers ( January 2, 1922-March 13, 2005 ) was an American actor.

When Lowe broke his ankle in the September 2 game, Evers came in to replace him.

Earthsiege 2 is a mecha-style vehicle simulation game developed by Dynamix, produced by Frank Evers ( NYPH ), and released in 1995.

* 1963 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist ( b. 1925 )

* June 12 – Medgar Evers, African-American civil rights activist ( b. 1925 )

* 1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.

** A Jackson, Mississippi jury, trying Byron De La Beckwith for the murder of Medgar Evers in June 1963, reports that it cannot reach a verdict, resulting in a mistrial.

** Medgar Evers is murdered in Jackson, Mississippi ( his killer is convicted in 1994 ).

After the Freedom Rides, local black leaders in Mississippi such as Amzie Moore, Aaron Henry, Medgar Evers, and others asked SNCC to help register black voters and to build community organizations that could win a share of political power in the state.

* Charles Evers, first post-Reconstruction African American mayor in Mississippi

* Charles Evers, first post-Reconstruction African American mayor in Mississippi

The couple moved to Mound Bayou, Mississippi, where Evers became a salesman for T. R. M. Howard's Magnolia Mutual Life Insurance Company.

It is named after Medgar Evers, the former Mississippi Field Secretary for the NAACP, and is administered by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority ( JMAA ), which also oversees aviation activity at Hawkins Field ( HKS ) in northwest Jackson.

* 1963 Medgar W. Evers ( martyr in the civil rights movement in Mississippi )

While in law school, she traveled to Mississippi for the Mississippi Freedom Summer and worked with civil rights stalwarts like Medgar Evers.

Medgar Evers was a black civil rights activist in Mississippi ; he was murdered by an assassin on June 12, 1963.

Just after the conclusion of the trial, Mississippi NAACP official Medgar Evers was cited for contempt after issuing a statement that the conviction was " a mockery of judicial justice.