eddie carver. eddie carver ismississippi, whed medicine and opened his own practice.oday, he is going to tribute to doc myers who is credited and very widely known as the father of the modern juneteenth movement. carther. ■>> i would like to say good afternoon to everyone. my name is eddie carther. i am from:p mississippi. back during the■■áb■>nt i was doing a black history speech across thez, having been elected the first black mayor in the state of mississippi. and i was at a black history program at the university of wisconsin. that is where i met the honorable reverend dr. myers. finished, he came up to me and asked, about coming to to look,■ississippi, to practice medicine. university. having said that, dr. myers came to to look, mississippi. 5 businessperson there. had a owned. dr. myers set up histo love, mississippi. and there, he practiced medicinr and he moved to tula. i was honored■ to invite him there. at thell city, about 3000 people, we had no doctor. dr. myers decided he would set up a practice there in tula mississippi. over the years, while he was the