Myrlie Evers-Williams

Myrlie Evers-Williams (born March 17, 1933) is an African-American civil rights activist and journalist. She worked for over three decades to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her husband, Medgar Evers, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was also chairwoman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Other websites

Myrlie Evers-Williams's oral history video excerpts  at The National Visionary Leadership Project

Category:1933 births
Category:Living people
Category:National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Category:Journalists from Mississippi
Category:People from Vicksburg, Mississippi