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 numerous crimes, primarily against African Americans. He organized voter registration efforts, protests, and economic boycotts against businesses that discriminated. He also worked to investigate crimes primarily against black people. Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. He owes his name to 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 siblings. Their names were Elizabeth, Charles, Eva and Ruth. Growing up wasn't easy. They had to control their behavior towards certain people or else 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,...