 After high school, Evans went on to study at Illinois State University, and later transferred to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with a BS in zoology.Evans earned his law degree at John Marshall Law School in 1969 and joined the Democratic Party.Evans was elected alderman of the city's south side 4th Ward in a November 27, 1973 special election to fill the vacancy created six months earlier by the death of Ald.