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For Us, The Living: The Story of Medgar Evers ()

directed by Michael Schultz
featuring Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Irene Cara, Laurence Fishburne, Rocky Aoki, Margaret Avery

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For Us, The Living: The Story of Medgar Evers - Michael Schultz
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Howard E. Rollins stars as martyred civil-rights spokesman Medgar Evers, while Irene Cara co-stars as his wife (and future NAACP leader) Myrlie. The film concentrates on the last years of Evers, an ex-insurance agent turned activist. His home in Jackson, Mississippi is besieged by bigots and he and his family are threatened with dire consequences, but Evers continues to work towards the goal of integrating his racially-polarized state. In June of 1963, the 37-year-old Evers is shot to death in front of his home. This 90 ...

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