First it was the whites, and then their Negro message bearers. And the word was always the same: 'Tell your sons to take their names off the books. Don't show up at the courthouse voting day.' - Medgar Evers

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You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea. - Medgar Evers

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Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy in Jackson will be a victory for democracy everywhere. - Medgar Evers

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I may be going to Heaven or Hell, but I'll be going from Jackson. - Medgar Evers

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I plan to live on campus in a dormitory and to do all the things any other student of the law school might do: use the library, eat in the dining hall, attend classes. - Medgar Evers

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The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi. - Medgar Evers

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I remember one of them - it was a 1941 black Ford. As it went by very slow, a guy leaned out with a shotgun, keeping a bead on us all the time, and we just had to walk slowly and wait for him to kill us... They didn't kill us, but they didn't end it, either. - Medgar Evers

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Our only hope is to control the vote. - Medgar Evers

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And remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie. ― T. A. Miles, Raventide

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Except for teachers, who are 'controlled' as far as his militancy is concerned, good jobs are rare for Negroes. - Medgar Evers

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