Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History

Medgar Evers 50th Anniversary Commemoration, 1963-2013 : Tribute Gala.

Contributor(s): Medgar & Myrlie Evers Institute.
Publisher: [Jackson, Miss.] : Medgar & Myrlie Evers Institute, 2013Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.Other title: Tribute Gala.Subject(s): Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 -- Anniversaries, etc | Evers-Williams, Myrlie | African American civil rights workers -- Biography
Contents:
From the Myrlie Evers and the Medgar Evers family -- Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute chairman's welcome -- Medgar Evers 50th Anniversary Commemorative Tribute Gala co-chairmen's welcome -- Medgar Wiley Evers -- Where is the voice coming from / Eudora Welty in the New Yorker -- "Micah" / by Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander -- "Only a pawn in their game" / by Bob Dylan, 1963 -- Myrlie Evers -- Letter from Bennie G. Thompson -- Letter from Harvey Johnson, Jr. -- Letter from Robert Graham -- Letter from Charles Evers -- Tribute speaker and Evers Justice Award recipient, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. -- Evers Justice Award recipient and entertainer, B.B. King -- Evers Justice Award recipient, Jerry Mitchell -- Evers Justice Award recipient, Fannie Lou Hamer -- Evers Youth Justice Award recipients, Justin Harris, Montavius Esco -- Civil rights roll call -- Tribute Gala entertainers: Thomas Lauderdale/Pink Martini, Tamela Mann, William Bell, Angľla Christie -- Program -- A message of unity and faith.
Item type Current location Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
General Archival Reading Room 325.26/M488/2013 Available 111768

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From the Myrlie Evers and the Medgar Evers family -- Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute chairman's welcome -- Medgar Evers 50th Anniversary Commemorative Tribute Gala co-chairmen's welcome -- Medgar Wiley Evers -- Where is the voice coming from / Eudora Welty in the New Yorker -- "Micah" / by Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander -- "Only a pawn in their game" / by Bob Dylan, 1963 -- Myrlie Evers -- Letter from Bennie G. Thompson -- Letter from Harvey Johnson, Jr. -- Letter from Robert Graham -- Letter from Charles Evers -- Tribute speaker and Evers Justice Award recipient, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. -- Evers Justice Award recipient and entertainer, B.B. King -- Evers Justice Award recipient, Jerry Mitchell -- Evers Justice Award recipient, Fannie Lou Hamer -- Evers Youth Justice Award recipients, Justin Harris, Montavius Esco -- Civil rights roll call -- Tribute Gala entertainers: Thomas Lauderdale/Pink Martini, Tamela Mann, William Bell, Angľla Christie -- Program -- A message of unity and faith.