Medgar Evers Historic District | |
Elraine Subdivision
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| Location | Roughly Margaret Walker Alexander Street, W. of Missouri and E. of Miami Streets, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 32°20′28″N 90°12′46″W / 32.341°N 90.2127°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000737[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 2013 |
Medgar Evers Historic District is a U.S. historic district and residential neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi. The neighborhood contains the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, the former home of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–1963). Poet and writer Margaret Abigail Alexander Walker (1915–1998) lived in the neighborhood, and has a street named after her.[2][3] The district is roughly bound by Margaret Walker Alexander Street, W. of Missouri and E. of Miami Streets, and is 3 miles northwest from downtown Jackson.[2] The district has been listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since September 18, 2013.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evers, Medgar, Historic District". National Park Service. September 18, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2023. With accompanying pictures
- ^ Black Women in America. Oxford University Press. 2005. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-19-515677-5.