Medgar Evers Home and Museum (Jackson, Miss.)

Now: Evers’ wife, Myrlie, later moved out and started a new life in California. She tried renting the home but it fell into disrepair and was slated for demolition. The widow eventually donated the house to Tougaloo College, about 15 minutes away in Jackson.

When Castle Rock Entertainment filmed “Ghosts of Mississippi” — a 1996 movie that detailed how Evers’ widow fought to bring his killer to justice — the home was refurnished with 1960s-era décor. In 1997, Tougaloo re-opened the historic structure as the Medgar Evers Home Museum.

The exterior of the green, ranch-style home looks just as it did in 1963. “Nothing has been done to the house, foundation-wise, since it was built,” says Minnie White Watson, curator of the museum and an employee at Tougaloo. Tours are scheduled by appointment.

A wall in one room holds a case containing some of Evers’ possessions: his hunting license, his American Legion cap, and his NAACP card.

“When I was a freshmen in college, I met Medgar Evers,” Watson says. “I thought he was so young to be doing what he was doing. When I met him — wow — that was a turning point in my life. Giving the tours is like a passion.”

Photo: Medgar Evers was shot in the driveway of his home on June 12, 1963.