Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, preserves the modest ranch-style house where civil rights leader Medgar Evers lived with his wife Myrlie and their three children. Evers served as the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, organizing voter registration drives, economic boycotts, and investigations into racial violence during the height of the civil rights movement. On June 12, 1963, Evers was assassinated in his driveway by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith — a murder that galvanized the civil rights movement and contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The site was designated a national monument by President Barack Obama in 2020. Myrlie Evers-Williams went on to become a prominent civil rights leader in her own right, serving as chair of the NAACP.
📚 Learn More at NPSHistory.com →Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in MS preserves a piece of American history that the public has trusted the National Park Service to protect and interpret. The visitor publications at this site have been developed over years by historians, subject-matter experts, and park staff — and are now being reviewed under Secretary's Order 3431.
From the internal review records: “(Sec. 2301) This section establishes the Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Mississippi as an NPS unit to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the civil rights movement. The NPS shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educationa...”
Why this matters: The civil rights history documented at Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is not a matter of opinion — it is the factual record of how Americans fought for the rights promised by our founding documents. These events occurred within living memory. The people who marched, sat in, and sacrificed are still alive to tell their stories.
Update (February 5, 2026): Mississippi Today reported brochures were removed from the site, with planned edits to remove the word "racist" describing Byron De La Beckwith and references to Medgar Evers "lying in a pool of blood." Hours after press coverage, the original brochures were returned. However, park rangers were also instructed to stop referring to Beckwith as a "racist" on tours, and censored replacement brochures are still planned.
This site bulletin provides a park overview for MEMY. They do not yet have an official unigrid. This publication received approval from Reena Evers-Everette, daughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers and director of park partner, The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute.
Note: The information about hours of operation and house tours needs to be updated before next printing.
Park Enabling legislation through Dingell Act: (Sec. 2301) This section establishes the Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Mississippi as an NPS unit to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the civil rights movement. The NPS shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming services related to the monument. The NPS may enter into agreements with the owner of a nationally significant property within the Medgar Evers Historic District to identify, mark, interpret, and furnish technical assistance with respect to preserving and interpreting such property.
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in MS preserves a piece of American history that the public has trusted the National Park Service to protect and interpret. The visitor publications at this site have been developed over years by historians, subject-matter experts, and park staff — and are now being reviewed under Secretary's Order 3431.
From the internal review records: “(Sec. 2301) This section establishes the Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Mississippi as an NPS unit to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the civil rights movement. The NPS shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educationa...”
Why this matters: The civil rights history documented at Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is not a matter of opinion — it is the factual record of how Americans fought for the rights promised by our founding documents. These events occurred within living memory. The people who marched, sat in, and sacrificed are still alive to tell their stories.
Update (February 5, 2026): Mississippi Today reported brochures were removed from the site, with planned edits to remove the word "racist" describing Byron De La Beckwith and references to Medgar Evers "lying in a pool of blood." Hours after press coverage, the original brochures were returned. However, park rangers were also instructed to stop referring to Beckwith as a "racist" on tours, and censored replacement brochures are still planned.
Junior Ranger activity booklet for MEMY, developed via contract and launched Fall 2024. Reena Evers-Everette (daughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers and director of park partner, The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute) was involved during the publication's development and gave final approval.
The booklet follows NPS Junior Ranger Best Practices and is mainly for in-person visitors. The park website features kid-friendly digital activities (developed via same contract) that use similar illustrations and correspond in style.
Park Enabling legislation through Dingell Act: (Sec. 2301) This section establishes the Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Mississippi as an NPS unit to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the civil rights movement. The NPS shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming services related to the monument. The NPS may enter into agreements with the owner of a nationally significant property within the Medgar Evers Historic District to identify, mark, interpret, and furnish techni...
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in MS preserves a piece of American history that the public has trusted the National Park Service to protect and interpret. The interpretive materials at this site have been developed over years by historians, subject-matter experts, and park staff — and are now being reviewed under Secretary's Order 3431.
From the internal review records: “- Two upright orientation panels are located in Myrlie's Garden just down the street from the Evers Home. This site has parking spaces and park identity sign. As a first stop, the panels offer an introduction to the park and neighborhood. Future plans call for more waysides to be added to the garden space.”
Why this matters: The civil rights history documented at Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is not a matter of opinion — it is the factual record of how Americans fought for the rights promised by our founding documents. These events occurred within living memory. The people who marched, sat in, and sacrificed are still alive to tell their stories.
Update (February 5, 2026): Mississippi Today reported brochures were removed from the site, with planned edits to remove the word "racist" describing Byron De La Beckwith and references to Medgar Evers "lying in a pool of blood." Hours after press coverage, the original brochures were returned. However, park rangers were also instructed to stop referring to Beckwith as a "racist" on tours, and censored replacement brochures are still planned.
Four waysides present at MEMY:
- Two sled-base waysides are located outside the Evers Home next to the carport, which was where Medgar Evers was felled by a sniper. One panel covers notable events in Evers's too short life, leading up to and beyond his assassination. The other panel interprets the carport closet.
- Two upright orientation panels are located in Myrlie's Garden just down the street from the Evers Home. This site has parking spaces and park identity sign. As a first stop, the panels offer an introduction to the park and neighborhood. Future plans call for more waysides to be added to the garden space. These waysides are important pieces of on-site interpretation, available 24 hours a day, providing park stories to those that may not enter the home or interact with a ranger. The waysides share a common bold, bright style that echoes 1960s design. These waysides received approval from Ree...
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