Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
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In 1955 two Black developers began the Elraine subdivision in Jackson, Mississippi — modern Ranch homes for middle-class African American families, including Medgar and Myrlie Evers. Now a historic district.
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Founded in 1956 in Jackson's African American subdivision of Elraine, where Medgar and Myrlie Evers had just bought a home, the Spade and Fork Garden Club built community, knowledge and pride through gardening.
