Medgar Evers, (sculpture).

Medgar Evers, (sculpture).

Warren, T. Jay, sculptor.

Miranne, Gregory, landscape architect.

Medgar Evers, (sculpture).

1991. Dedicated June 28, 1992.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 4 in. x 20 in. x 20 in.; Base: approx. 34 x 28 x 28 in.

T. Jay Warren Sculptor (On plaque on base:) Medgar Wiley Evers/July 2, 1925-June 12, 1963/Dedicated to Everyone/Who Believes in Peace,/Love and Non-Violence;/Let's keep the Torch Burning./Wife:/Myrlie Beasley Evers,/Sons:/Darrell Kenyatta & James Van Dyke,/Daughter:/Reena Denise Evers signed

Full-length figure of Medgar Evers stands on a square base. The figure wears a suit and tie and has close-cropped hair and a moustache. His proper left arm crosses his lower torso to grip his proper right arm, above the wrist.

Portrait male -- Evers, Medgar -- Full length

History -- United States -- Civil Rights Movement

History -- United States -- Black History

Ethnic -- African American

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson

Administered by City of Jackson, Jackson/Hinds Library System, Jackson, Mississippi

Located Medgar Evers Library, 4215 Medgar Evers Boulevard, Jackson, Mississippi

Commissioned by the Medgar Evers Statue Fund, Inc. for $55,000. The project was initiated in 1987 by Mirtes Gregory, a local civic worker. Medgar Evers (1925-1963) served as the First Mississippi National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Field Secretary from 1954 to 1963, when he was assassinated. IAS files contain a pamphlet entitled "The Medgar Evers Statue Fund, Inc., Reflections/Memorial Site," c. 1993, which gives history of memorial and lists contributors.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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