I'll be damned if I'm going to let the white man lick me. There's something out here that I've got to do for my kids, and I'm not going to stop until I've done it. — 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
