End Quote by Medgar Evers

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

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

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.

— Medgar Evers

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

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

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

I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there.

— Medgar Evers

I may be going to Heaven or Hell, but I'll be going from Jackson.

— Medgar Evers

Our only hope is to control the vote.

— Medgar Evers

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

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

The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this is country is…

— Medgar Evers