Medgar and Myrlie Evers House National Historic Landmark Nomination
Baughn JV. 2016. Medgar and Myrlie Evers House National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 100000791_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark nomination for the Medgar and Myrlie Evers House in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. The NHL nomination for the Medgar and Myrlie Evers House documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1 and 2. The house is nationally significant under Criterion 2 for its association with Medgar and Myrlie Evers, both of whom made major contributions to advancing the goals of the civil rights movement on a national level. The house is significant under Criterion 1 as the site of the assassination of Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963. His assassination propelled forward civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The period of national significance is 1956-1964.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Baughn, Jennifer
- Date of Issue
- 2016-12-23
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MEMY
- Keywords
- African American, Black, civil rights, desegregation, Jackson, Medgar Evers, Mississippi, Myrlie Evers, NAACP, National Historic Landmark, voting rights