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Civil Rights Leader Medgar Wiley Evers Receives Posthumous Honorary Degree at MC Law Spring Commencement
May 16, 2026
CLINTON, Mississippi, May 16 -- Mississippi College issued the following news:

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Civil Rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers receives posthumous honorary degree at MC Law Spring Commencement

The Mississippi College School of Law today (May 15) hosted its Spring Commencement, where university leadership presented a posthumous Honorary Doctor of Laws degree to the family of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. During the ceremony, alumnus and St . . .

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