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Jackson City Council urges Pentagon to restore Medgar Evers name on Navy ship
Summary
The Jackson City Council unanimously approved a resolution urging the Department of Defense and the Navy to restore the name Medgar Evers to the USNS Medgar Evers; family members attended and council directed copies be sent to several national Black elected-official organizations and the Evers family.
The Jackson City Council on June 17 unanimously approved a resolution urging the Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy to reverse a decision to remove Medgar Evers’ name from the USNS Medgar Evers.
Council members and members of the Evers family attended the meeting to support the resolution. Councilman Aaron Banks introduced the item, calling Evers “a trailblazer … not just a civil rights (leader), but he also was a veteran.”
The resolution asks…
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