New Navy Ship to Be Named for Medgar Evers, Slain Civil Rights Pioneer

October 11, 2009 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships 

I was ten years old when Medgar Evers was assassinated.  A worthy honor in memory of a fine man.     

eversNavy supply ship to honor Medgar Evers

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has honored an old promise and named a ship after slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Mabus, a former governor of Mississippi, where Evers lived and died, announced the honor Friday at Jackson State University, The Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. The vessel, a supply ship in the 700-foot Lewis and Clark class, is to be built at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego.

“The memory of Medgar Evers and what he did will be carried around the world,” Mabus said.

Evers was 37 when he was gunned down outside his home in Mound Bayou in 1963. He served in the Army during World War II, graduated from Alcorn State University and worked for a black-owned insurance company while becoming a leader in the civil rights movement. At the time of his death, he was Mississippi field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

LewisAndClark

Lewis and Clark class supply ship

 

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