Why did Medgar Evers receive death threats?

A) He had shared nuclear secrets with East Germany.
B) An African American, he tried to register to vote in Mississippi.
C) He tried to embarrass Martin Luther King Jr. with details about his infidelity.
D) After his spy-plane got shot down over Siberia, he became a willing informant to the Soviet Union.

Medgar Evers

An American civil rights activist in Mississippi and the state's field secretary for the NAACP, who was assassinated in 1963.

Death Threats

Statements or indications that someone intends to kill or seriously harm another person.

Register To Vote

The process through which citizens enroll themselves with a governing authority to gain eligibility to participate in elections and referenda.