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The 93-year-old has a storied history with the state's civil rights movement. After his brother's death, Evers served as the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP. In 1969, he became the first black mayor of a Mississippi town or city since reconstruction when he was elected mayor of Fayette. In 1980, he switched to the Republican Party, garnering national attention for his endorsement of Ronald Reagan.