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For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story

Play trailer Poster for For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story TV-PG,  1983,  1h 30m,  Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 era. 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 house, his life and the lives of his wife (Irene Cara) and children are threatened.
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Michael Schultz

Director

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Medgar Evers

Irene Cara

Myrlie Evers

Roscoe Lee Browne

Gloster Current

Margaret Avery

Dottie

Laurence Fishburne

Jimbo Collins

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Synopsis 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 era. 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 house, his life and the lives of his wife (Irene Cara) and children are threatened.
Director
Michael Schultz
Producer
Ken Rotcop
Screenwriter
Ken Rotcop
Production Co
Charles Fries Productions
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 30m
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