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  1. 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.

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  2. 12 giu 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 ...

  3. 8 giu 2023 · Tamika Moore. 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...

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  4. 2 dic 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 Evers ...

  5. 26 apr 2024 · Myrlie Evers-Williams (born March 17, 1933, Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.) 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 head the National Association for the Advancement of Colored ...

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  6. naacp.org › civil-rights-leaders › myrlie-evers-williamsMyrlie Evers-Williams | NAACP

    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. A phenomenal woman of great strength and courage, her dedication to civil rights and equality is exemplified by her activism and ability to link together business ...

  7. 2 apr 2014 · Born in 1933, Myrlie Evers-Williams was the wife of murdered civil rights activist Medgar Evers. While fighting to bring his killer to justice, Evers-Williams also continued her husband's...