Charles Evers

James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist. In 1969, he became the first African American since the Reconstruction era to have been elected as mayor in a Mississippi city.

Charles Evers
Evers in October 2009
Born	James Charles Evers (1922-09-11)September 11, 1922 Decatur, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	July 22, 2020(2020-07-22) (aged 97) Brandon, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Civil rights activist Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi
Relatives	Medgar Evers Myrlie Evers-Williams

He served as mayor of Fayette in Jefferson County. Thereafter, he ran for governor in 1971 and the United States Senate in 1978. He ran both times as an Independent candidate.

Evers died on July 22, 2020 in Brandon, Mississippi at the age of 97.^[1]

References

1. "Civil rights leader and political figure Charles Evers passes away at 97". Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

Other websites

• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, PBS
• 90.1 WMPR, Archived 2007-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Jackson Mississippi, Charles Evers station manager : blues, urban contemporary gospel, talk, variety
• Oral History Interview with Charles Evers, from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine