JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Mississippi College School of Law presented a posthumous honorary Doctor of Laws degree to the family of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers during its Spring Commencement Friday morning.
The honor comes at a meaningful moment for Mississippi College, as the university celebrates its bicentennial, and MC Law marks its 50th anniversary.
“MC Law is humbled and honored that its name will now be forever linked with that of Medgar Wiley Evers through the awarding of this Honorary Doctor of Laws degree,” said MC Law Dean John Anderson…