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After years of challenging the way voting districts are drawn, he succeeded in creating a majority black district in Newton County, and in 1991 was elected the first black county supervisor.
NPR: The Legacy of Medgar Evers
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It is also expected that office premises in Chelston in Somerset and County Hall in Exeter, Newton Abbot and Barnstaple will be retained.
BBC: Somerset
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It's part of Medgar Evers' legacy paid for in blood and stamped on the lives of Mississippians, from the state capital in Jackson to the cornfields of Newton County where Medgar Evers grew up.
NPR: The Legacy of Medgar Evers