Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was posthumously awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP for his courageous work in the fight against racial injustice. Evers served as the NAACP’s first field secretary in Mississippi and was a central figure in efforts to end segregation and secure voting rights for African Americans. He was assassinated on June 12, 1963, and his death galvanized the civil rights movement.
The Spingarn Medal, awarded annually since 1915, is the NAACP’s highest honor for outstanding achievement by an African American.
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