Medgar Evers, a prominent civil rights activist from Jackson, Mississippi in the 50’s and early 60’s, was assassinated 60 years ago on June 12th, 1963 by a Ku Klux Klan white supremacist. This article from the Washington Post recounts the story of Medgar Evers’ courageous life and how his wife Myrlie Evers-Williams has carried on his work.