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Myrlie Evers-Williams

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American civil rights activist

United StatesJournalistsBorn 1933 · age 93
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Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams 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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Evers-Williams in 2000Evers-Williams in 2000Evers-Williams delivering the invocation at the 2013 Presidential InaugurationEvers-Williams delivering the invocation at the 2013 Presidential Inauguration

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1998Spingarn Medal
1996honorary degree from Spelman College

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Howard RollinsAlso in For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)Janet MacLachlanAlso in For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)Margaret AveryAlso in For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)Irene CaraAlso in For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)Percy Lavon JulianAlso won Spingarn MedalEvelyn Boyd GranvilleAlso won honorary degree from Spelman College

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Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams 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. She also served as chairwoman of the NAACP, and has published several books on topics related to civil rights and her husband's legacy. On January 21, 2013, she delivered the invocation at the second inauguration of Barack Obama.

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United States
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Journalists
Type
Journalist
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living
Dates
Born 1933 · age 93
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