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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 .
13. Sept. 2021 · Evers-Williams was born Myrlie Louise Beasley, the first child to her young mother and father. After graduating from Magnolia High School in 1950, she enrolled at Alcorn A&M College, now Alcorn State University, in Lorman, Mississippi, where she majored in education and became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. It was also during this time that she met Medgar Evers, a World War II ...
The following are excerpts from two oral history interviews with Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 conducted at Pomona College in Fall 2022. In these conversations, she reflects about her career, legacy, family and hopes for the future.
13. Juni 2023 · Evers-Williams—who was born Myrlie Louise Beasley in Vicksburg, Miss., in 1933—became his secretary and worked alongside him as he organized voter-registration drives and boycotts, as well as civil-rights demonstrations in support of racial equality. For more than a decade despite continual threats of violence, the couple worked to end ...
11. Juni 2023 · June 11, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. Myrlie Evers-Williams sits in her family’s onetime home in Jackson, Miss., feet from a bullet hole in the wall from June 12, 1963. (Rory Doyle for The Washington ...
29. März 2023 · Claremont, California — Myrlie Evers-Williams says she has never lived a day of her 90 years without love. But she has undoubtedly battled hate. As the widow of the late civil rights icon Medgar ...
28. März 2023 · In 1963, Myrlie Evers-Williams' husband, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, was assassinated in Mississippi. Since his death, Williams has undertaken a courageo...
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