BY:LEON KWASI KUNTUO-ASARE Medgar Evers was born in Decatur, Mississippi, on july 2, 1925, to mother Jesse and father James Evers. After graduating from a segregated high school, in the Jim Crow south, he joined the United States army during World War 2, from 1943 to 1945. After his service to the country, he would be honorably discharged as a … Continue reading BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT : MEDGAR EVERS!