I plan to live on campus in a dormitory and to do all the things any other student of the law school might do: use the library, eat in the dining hall, attend classes. — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
As paradoxical as life would have it, some of these same persons who were beaten are terrorized by the Nazis are assisting the die-hards… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy in Jackson… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
We left the guns hidden in the car and tried walking into the polling place again, and the mob blocked us again. We didn't… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
I remember one of them - it was a 1941 black Ford. As it went by very slow, a guy leaned out with a… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there. — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
The six of us gathered at my house, and we walked to the polls. I'll never forget it. Not a Negro was on the… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
