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Displays the home of civil rights activist Medgar Evers where he was assassinated in his carport in 1963.
The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, also known as Medgar Evers House, is a historic house museum at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive within the Medgar Evers Historic District in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Built in 1956, it was the home of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–1963) at the time of his assassination by a white supremacist. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2017. The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, signed March 12, 2019, authorized it as a national monument; it was established on December 10, 2020, after the National Park Service (NPS) acquired it from Tougaloo College.
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The gardens are 7 acres (3 hectares) long and can be rented out for events.
Offer insights and tours on Jackson's city scene and some of its enduring struggles with inequality.
Home of fairly renowned Jacksonian writer who described life as she knew it in the early 20th century in her books like One Writer's Beginnings.