For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers(1983)

Name: For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Director: Michael Schultz
Released: 1983-03-22
Cast: Howard Rollins, Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne, Laurence Fishburne

03/22/1983 (US)TV Movie, Drama1h 27m

Overview

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

Director

Myrlie Evers

Story

Ossie Davis

Writer

William Peters

Story