Veteran US civil rights campaigner Charles Evers dies aged 97

Charles Evers, the older brother of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a long-time figure in Mississippi politics, has died aged 97.

Mr Evers died of “natural causes” at a home in the Jackson, Mississippi, suburb of Brandon, where he was surrounded by relatives, Rankin County Coroner David Ruth said.

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