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Howard Rollins stars as the assassinated NAACP civil rights activist Medgar Evers, while Irene Cara co-stars as his wife (and future NAACP chairperson) Myrlie. The film concentrates on Medgar Evers, an ex-insurance agent turned activist, in the final years of his life as the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi.
- Drama
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story: Directed by Michael Schultz. With Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne. Based on the life and times of NAACP field secretary and Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, assassinated in 1963.
- (166)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Michael Schultz
- 1983-03-22
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
- Michael Schultz
- 6
During the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s in Mississippi, Medgar Evers (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) rose from being an insurance agent to become one of the most integral activists of the...
- (2)
- Michael Schultz
- TV-PG
- Howard E. Rollins Jr.
For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story. 1983 · 1 hr 27 min. TV-MA. Drama. The story of the NAACP’s first field secretary, whose battle for equality tragically ended with his assassination at the hand of a white supremacist. Subtitles: English.
- Michael Schultz
- January 1, 1983
- 87 min
For Us, the Living. During the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s in Mississippi, Medgar Evers (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) rose from being an insurance agent to become one of the most...
From boycotting white merchants in the mid '50s to being a key figure in desegregating the University of Mississippi in 1962, Evers met success, and with it many enemies. When racists swarm his...
