Mr. Evers carried on his work with dedication and courage, organizing rallies, building membership within the NAACP, and traveling around the country educating the public on the fight for Civil Rights. (10) Medgar and Myrlie Evers’ passion for quality education for all children led them to file suit against the Jackson, Mississippi, public school system gaining him attention with the national media as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. (11) As a result of his continued and ongoing efforts—rallies, sit-ins, and protests—to stand up for the rights of African-Americans in Mississippi, Mr. Evers was arrested, beaten, and jailed with his due process rights denied. (12) The senseless and abhorrent violence against Mr. Evers reached its pinnacle on June 12, 1963, when he was violently shot in front of his home and died shortly afterwards in a local hospital, mere hours after President John F. Kennedy had made a national televised speech from the Oval Office calling for full racial integration in America. The Civil Rights Act was enacted the following year. (13) As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. (14) On June 23, 1963, Byron De La Beck­with, a member of the White Citizens’ Council, was arrested for Evers’ murder, but juries in 1964, composed solely of White men, twice deadlocked on De La Beckwith’s guilt, resulting in mistrials. (15) Following two trials resulting in acquittal, in 1990, Mrs. Evers convinced Mississippi prosecutors to reopen Medgar Evers’ murder case, and a new trial led to the conviction and life imprisonment of Medgar Evers’ killer in 1994. (16) It is befitting that Congress bestow the highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to Myrlie in recognition of the great contributions and ultimate sacrifice she and her husband, the assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers, made in the fight for racial equality, which tragically led to his assassination, but also was a major catalyst in passage and enactment of the