Roughly Margaret Walker Alexander St., W. of Missouri & E. of Miami Sts., Jackson, Mississippi. County/parish: Hinds.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 18, 2013. NRIS 13000737.
42 contributing buildings.
Medgar Evers Historic District is a U.S. historic district and residential neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi. The neighborhood contains the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, the former home of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–1963). Poet and writer Margaret Abigail Alexander Walker (1915–1998) lived in the neighborhood, and has a street named after her. The district is roughly bound by Margaret Walker Alexander Street, W. of Missouri and E. of Miami Streets, and is 3 miles northwest from downtown Jackson. The district has been listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since September 18, 2013.
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