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Mr. Evers

Mr. Evers

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Charles Evers, Mississippi civil rights and political figure, dies at 97

Charles Evers, who led an eclectic life as a civil rights leader, onetime purveyor of illegal liquor in Chicago, history-making Black mayor in deeply segregated Mississippi and contrarian with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020. He was 97.