Medgar Evers (right), NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, protesting in Jackson eleven days before he was murdered in front of his house, today 1963:
“Evers Died for You — Join NAACP For Him!”—protest in Detroit after Medgar Evers assassination of today 1963:
At Medgar Evers’ funeral, widow Myrlie consoles son Darrell, this week 1963: #Loengard
During a crucial, partially-improvised Oval Office speech, JFK declares civil rights "a moral issue" and that he will send comprehensive bill to Congress, tonight 1963: #JFKL
Medgar Evers, World War II veteran and NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, was shot to death outside his home, hours after the civil rights speech JFK gave tonight 1963:
Medgar Evers (at left in 1961 photo) with JFK at White House:
Catholic chaplain worships with American soldiers and sailors destined to fight on D-Day at Omaha Beach, this week 1944: #NARA
Knowing how many of them are likely to perish in D-Day invasion of tomorrow 1944, General Eisenhower says goodbye to American paratroopers:
At White House, jubilant FDR delivers fireside chat on fall of Rome, tonight 1944, while concealing secret that D-Day invasion of Europe would unfold within hours: