C-SPAN Cities Tour - Jackson: Medgar Evers Historic House

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  • Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
  • Hear about the life and murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Minnie Watson, Curator at the Medgar Evers House, talks about Evers' military service, role with the NAACP in Mississippi, his impact on the civil rights movement and the symbolism of the family's historic Jackson home.

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  • @gdep3611
    @gdep3611 6 років тому +84

    There is no reason for any African American male not to know this story. Medgar Wylie Evers was a prince in the line of Dubois, Baldwin, Malcolm X and King. These men are our heroes who selflessly argued the case for the humanity and dignity of Black people. He was what we all should be. Thank God for Medgar and the heroes of his generation.

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому +1

      "That Ain't No Secret !! Real Talk!"😍😙

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому +1

      "Real Talk! Yes i 💘 love these Afrikan Warrior King's!"🌹😳" they don't make'm like that anymore !!❗

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому

      @@Sha1taan "That Ain't No Secret !!"😯

    • @MrFmccarty
      @MrFmccarty 4 роки тому +2

      gdep Man my father told me that Medgar Evers was the civil rights movement. I always had a sour feeling from anyone made famous by the said civil rights movement. Amazing we go back to Harriet Tubman and skeet right up to Obama since I can remember but not one word of Mr. Evers. The voiceless voice that screams angelically without fail through all who were ever directed his way. Man! Just listen!

    • @briandouglas1701
      @briandouglas1701 3 роки тому +2

      yeah there is it is called scrubbing history and sanitation of the story to control the narrative and it is not black folk doing that

  • @audreyann1975
    @audreyann1975 2 роки тому +17

    How incredibly sad. This house was really nice. The way he had the house set up for his families safety speaks volumes about how bad it was in Mississippi and Alabama etc...

  • @juanbarberis7192
    @juanbarberis7192 4 роки тому +25

    This account is so sad. It just shows that humans fear what they do not understand. I may be wrong, but we are all ONE. Blessings!

  • @travelinben1966
    @travelinben1966 2 роки тому +7

    I spoke of Medgar years ago.It was an honor and my privilege.R.I.P. Medgar, you are loved, and will never be forgotten.

  • @joemartin1253
    @joemartin1253 4 роки тому +17

    The stories this man would have for today's youth.

    • @christenasmalls6118
      @christenasmalls6118 6 місяців тому

      No he was for a specific time. The generation of todays youth must choose their own views. They can listen to his words by long ago recordings.

  • @rhomeshiawilson17
    @rhomeshiawilson17 5 років тому +22

    I make it my business to make my 7 year old watch and listen. I express how important it is. She doesn't fully understand now , but one day she will. Plant the seed early. The schools don't do it anymore. Our children feel entitled. They do not realize that they are living off of many people's sacrifice. Mine will learn . That's my contribution and the very least I can do.

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому +2

      "Real Talk! You said a "Mouthful! i'm gonna tell my grand children!

    • @tiffanyflood945
      @tiffanyflood945 2 роки тому +1

      I also make it important for my daughter and son to watch this and understand

    • @dwaynetunstall5643
      @dwaynetunstall5643 2 роки тому +1

      I will educate my daughter as well. She's only 2 now. I'll wait until she's a little older than 7 before exposing her the horrors of the Civil Rights movement.

    • @RaiderRSupastar
      @RaiderRSupastar Рік тому +1

      He should be recognized in the same breath as Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks of that time

    • @user-ei1pb3di5z
      @user-ei1pb3di5z 6 місяців тому

      Amen!! You are TRULY doing your part as we ALL should do...❤

  • @kearyfrancis1352
    @kearyfrancis1352 3 роки тому +6

    Its really intresting to know about the life of medgar here on the island of jamaica in the caribbean his story is an inspiration to black ppl all over and the house museum curator has done a wonderful biography very touching and powerful story yet we can celebrate the life of this wonderful man in an era when blacks struggled to gain acceptace in the fabric of american society.

  • @lisajames4837
    @lisajames4837 5 років тому +12

    A REAL BLACK MANS VOICE THAT WAS SILENCED...BUT HE STILL SPEAKS THROUGHT ME RIP FOREVER YOUR VOICE HAD SUCH POWER

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому

      "That Ain't No Secret !! That's how i feel about MALCOLM X! "🌹😳💜💞💚

    • @lisettedevars9423
      @lisettedevars9423 3 роки тому +1

      I'd say that about MLK and Malcolm X too. Three beautiful powerful black men that gave their lives to make this country great. The work continues but we have no more as eloquent as Medgar Evers.

  • @ShilohTN1969
    @ShilohTN1969 2 роки тому +4

    They need to locate Mr, Evers automobile as it would be an important addition to the museum.

  • @reywell5515
    @reywell5515 4 роки тому +9

    This brother was way ahead of his time. We need more black men like this more than ever!

  • @pastorderinzerjohnson6978
    @pastorderinzerjohnson6978 2 роки тому +3

    You would think that people would be much better than they are in 2022. This country have so much shameful history.

  • @RaiderRSupastar
    @RaiderRSupastar Рік тому +3

    Medgar Evers was a great man and American. He fought for Black Mississippians to vote and was assassinated on this day 60 years ago. You deserve as much credit as Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall

  • @rhomeshiawilson17
    @rhomeshiawilson17 5 років тому +7

    Thanks to the movie "The Help". For awakening this in me tonight...

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому +1

      "My "GOD YES!!❗"😍😙

    • @ryanamari2233
      @ryanamari2233 2 роки тому +2

      Ghost of Mississippi and For Us the LIving are better

    • @aarondigby5054
      @aarondigby5054 Рік тому +1

      You ate my shytt. How true that story was I don't know, I never heard that it was based on a true story. I can only imagine. Medgar Evers was a true story. RIP MEDGAR EVERS.

  • @preston1828
    @preston1828 2 роки тому +3

    I learned sooooo much from this video. Thank you very much!!!

  • @ryanamari2233
    @ryanamari2233 2 роки тому +4

    The double victory …fighting a war abroad while there was another more personal one right at home

  • @brendastephens5265
    @brendastephens5265 2 роки тому +3

    Just watched the documentary "Evers". What an incredible man.

    • @mommyshark1124
      @mommyshark1124 Рік тому +1

      I just watched that with my 2 sons this afternoon. He was truly an incredible human being. May God bless his family & may he continue to RIP. Thank you for your service & and sacrifice, Mr. Evers. You will always be remembered.

  • @MrWltrvght
    @MrWltrvght 5 років тому +12

    R.i.p.medgar a true hero.

  • @pastorderinzerjohnson6978
    @pastorderinzerjohnson6978 2 роки тому +2

    Such a tragic that many people who live in Mississippi do not know who this man is. We got to do better teaching black history and American history the true history

  • @ussspec8
    @ussspec8 5 років тому +5

    Continue your Rest Brother Medgar

  • @Jack-kb3yu
    @Jack-kb3yu 3 роки тому +2

    Love this man beyond belief... this Alabama girl are so thankful for you and brother. Charles kept you memory on and only wished you could see how are Deep South changed . God Bless this man!! How life would been so different under his watch!!!

  • @kevinlamphere8113
    @kevinlamphere8113 Рік тому +3

    AS A WHITE, I WONDER WHO THE PERSON IS/WAS TAKING FLAGS FROM PEOPLE AT 13:15 OF VIDEO?
    WHO IS/WAS HE, AND WHY WAS HE TAKING FLAGS FROM THOSE MARCHING? WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO THAT MAN.

  • @mrdraye3r
    @mrdraye3r 2 роки тому +1

    Stumbled upon this. I am glad I did. CRT isn't thought in schools K thru 12 but yet its feared. Examples like this must be taut in our schools, media. This is not just a Mississippi story this is America's shady sad and violent history.

  • @MzBombshell06
    @MzBombshell06 Рік тому +2

    RIP king 👑 you won’t be forgotten !

  • @greenbeagle13
    @greenbeagle13 9 місяців тому +1

    I honestly believe that after these men came back from fighting the war for America, this was the time that this country could mend and be made whole and the races mesh together. He was an incredibly brave man. That was our chance, but it didn't happen, and that chance will never come again. 😢😢💔💔

  • @deloreswillis9224
    @deloreswillis9224 2 роки тому +1

    GOD BLESS MR EVERS🙏🏿. May his soul RIP!!!!!!!!!

  • @lisettedevars9423
    @lisettedevars9423 3 роки тому +3

    Wow, that white policeman snatching American flags out of the hands of marchers made me gasp for air.

  • @omo-obaaarinade
    @omo-obaaarinade Рік тому +1

    RIP Medgar Evers....!

  • @t_2_da_y
    @t_2_da_y Рік тому +1

    A true soldier!!! God bless you mr evers for your sacrifice

  • @emmanuelwilliams6004
    @emmanuelwilliams6004 Рік тому

    Beautiful Man & Beautiful video….

  • @christenasmalls6118
    @christenasmalls6118 6 місяців тому +1

    It took men like Mr. Evers and that generation to face the cowards/snipers in order to bring down Jim Crow. It will never come back.

  • @PititBoiscaiman
    @PititBoiscaiman Рік тому +1

    R.i.p ❤ medgar ever we're will always love you

  • @lewchainz1357
    @lewchainz1357 4 роки тому +4

    Bruh look like moneybag yo,, RIP soulja

  • @lakendrickgriffin6940
    @lakendrickgriffin6940 11 місяців тому

    Time to fight back...only this time we fight for us

  • @francynelane9253
    @francynelane9253 6 місяців тому

    Medger Evers died so we can have the right to vote , the least we can do is do it VOTE ! 🗳🗳💙💙🔵🔵

  • @malcomshaw5962
    @malcomshaw5962 4 роки тому +2

    ✊🏿😎🕵️

  • @jennifercuffy801
    @jennifercuffy801 Рік тому

    🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿Rip

  • @theresawebb1968
    @theresawebb1968 3 місяці тому

    Medger evers was murdered after Emmett till's death he continued the movement I believe events was upset about till's death.

  • @JudsinaGister-gz1eh
    @JudsinaGister-gz1eh 6 місяців тому +1

    Buy black 2024

  • @mommyshark1124
    @mommyshark1124 Рік тому

    How TF are you gonna snatch a flag out of a child's hand? The very flag Mr. Evers fought for? Smmfh 😩

  • @theodorusbruinhard7636
    @theodorusbruinhard7636 Рік тому +1

    How long,shall they kill our proph0jects while we stand aside and look but do nothing.only mocking.