Life and time. Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers was born in Decatur, Mississippi and died on the 11th. His rights efforts Medgar Evers was born in Decatur, Mississippi. attention and made him a martyr for the day the civil rights movement changed. What my father saw in Mississippi. By David Dennis Jr. Medgar Evers, Matt Williams There is one, Medgar Evers. Medgar Evers 1925-1963, field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP, was one of the first. Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was the first state secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. In this capacity, he organized voter registration efforts and economic measures, Medgar Wiley Evers, ˈm ɛ d ɡ ər. – was an American civil rights activist and the first field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. Evers, a decorated U.S. Army veteran who had served in World War II, was engaged in efforts to overthrow and end segregation at the University of Mississippi. Essay on Medgar Evers Medgar Evers was an activist in Mississippi and statehood. secretary of the NAACP. He worked to overcome segregation at the University of Mississippi, to end segregation in public institutions, and to expand opportunities for blacks, such as the right to vote. He was murdered by a white supremacist or basically