In honor of the centennial birthday of Medgar W. Evers, the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument will co-host a program titled A Centennial Conversation: The Legacy of Medgar Evers, 100 years Later.
The program will consist of a conversation between Dr. Miranda Freeman, Dean of Humanities at Tougaloo College and Dr. Michael V. Williams, Chair of the African American Studies department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and also the author of Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr. This program will take place at the Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson February 27th from 6:30 to 8 pm, with reception at 5:30 pm.
