Mississippi's congressional delegation has called on President Joe Biden to posthumously award civil rights icon Medgar Wiley Evers with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, recognizing his dedication to equality, voting rights and social justice, which culminated in his tragic assassination outside his Jackson, Mississippi, home on June 12, 1963.
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