Who Shot Medgar Evers. Today would have been the 84th birthday of civil rights organizer medgar evers, had he not been murdered in 1963.evers was a black world war ii veteran and a college graduate who sold insurance throughout rural mississippi. On february 5, 1994, a racially mixed jury found him guilty of the murder of medgar evers.
His first trial ended with a divided jury. Justice had finally been served. On february 5, 1994, a racially mixed jury found him guilty of the murder of medgar evers.
