Isabella Joseph3-11-14Research PaperMedgar Evers was a civil rights activist. He was born in Decatur, Mississippi, on July 2, 1925. He was the first state secretary of the NAACP. He investigated many crimes, mostly against African Americans. He organized voter registration efforts, demonstrations, and economic boycotts against companies that practiced discrimination. He also worked to investigate crimes primarily against blacks. Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi. He is named after his grandfather who was a slave. His mother Jessie Evers was a sawmill worker and his father, James Evers, was a farmer. He was the third of five brothers. Their names were Elizabeth, Charles, Eva and Ruth. Growing up wasn't easy. They had to control their behavior towards other people or they might die, like Medgar's friend who was lynched for being rude to a white woman. He didn't want this to happen to him,...