Medgar Evers Fund Collected Records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a pamphlet:"We're On Our Way : a progress report on the Fayette Experiment"; newspaper clippings, and the first issue (June 1970) of The Medgar Evers Fund News.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1969-1971
Creator
- Medgar Evers Fund, Inc. (Organization)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Medgar Evers Fund, Inc.; founded in 1969 by Medgar Evers' brother, Charles Evers, as a memorial to the slain civil-rights activist and his philosophy of nonviolent change and inter-racial justice; the Medgar Evers Fund was formed to assist the citizens of Fayette, Missisippi and surrounding Jefferson County to achieve social and economic justice; headquartered in New York City, with a program office in Fayette, Mississippi.
Extent
0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Subject
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 (Person)
- Evers, Charles, 1922- (Person)
- Medgar Evers Fund, Inc. (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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