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For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story. 1983 · 1 hr 27 min. TV-MA. Drama. The story of the NAACP’s first field secretary, whose battle for equality tragically ended with his assassination at the hand of a white supremacist. Subtitles: English.
- Michael Schultz
- January 1, 1983
- Howard E. Rollins Jr.
- 87 min
TV-PG. CC. ScreenPix TV. Try it free. During the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s in Mississippi, Medgar Evers (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) rose from being an insurance agent to become...
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story: Directed by Michael Schultz. With Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne. Based on the life and times of NAACP field secretary and Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, assassinated in 1963.
- (167)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Michael Schultz
- 1983-03-22
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1967 book, For Us, the Living, by Myrlie Evers-Williams and William Peters. [1] It was broadcast on the PBS television program American Playhouse on March 22, 1983.
- Drama
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
- 5
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story featuring Howard Rollins and Irene Cara is free on Tubi, available for rent or purchase on VUDU, and streaming with subscription on Roku. It's a drama and romance movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.2 (167 votes).
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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.