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Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams (née Beasley; born March 17, 1933) is an American civil rights activist and journalist who worked for over three decades to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her husband Medgar Evers, another civil rights activist.
2 de dez. de 2009 · African-American activist Myrlie Evers-Williams was born Myrlie Louise Beasley in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1933. While a student at Alcorn A&M College, she met World War II veteran Medgar...
12 de jun. de 2023 · Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights leader and widow of slain civil rights icon Medgar Evers, center, stands with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, left, a long-time civil rights activist, and Hazel Dukes, past national president of the NAACP, at The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute of Courage and Justice Gala, commemorating the 60th anniversary of ...
A leading civil rights activist, Myrlie Evers-Williams held prominent roles in the public and private sector including chair of NAACP's board of directors from 1995 to 1998.
26 de abr. de 2024 · Myrlie Evers-Williams is an African American activist and the wife of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, whose racially motivated murder in 1963 made him a national icon. In 1995–98 Evers-Williams was the first woman to lead the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
21 de mai. de 2024 · Myrlie Evers-Williams stands as a monumental figure in the tapestry of American civil rights and social justice. Myrlie Evers-Williams embodies resilience; despite the heartbreak of her husband’s murder and the threat it posed to her and her children, she persisted.
8 de jun. de 2023 · At age 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams has dedicated her life to the Civil Rights Movement in America, and along the way, she made the ultimate sacrifice: losing her husband, famed activist Medgar...
