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7. Myrlie Evers-Williams graduated from Magnolia High School in 1950. 8. On her first day of school Myrlie Evers-Williams met and fell in love with Medgar Evers, a World War II veteran eight years her senior. 9. In Mound Bayou, Myrlie Evers-Williams worked as a secretary at the Magnolia Mutual Life Insurance Company.
23 de may. de 2018 · Myrlie Evers-Williams. Myrlie Evers-Williams's name may forever evoke the legacy of her first husband, slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, but Myrlie Evers-Williams (born 1933) has never rested quietly on his laurels.Instead, the first woman elected Board of Directors Chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has spent a lifetime carving out a ...
13 de jun. de 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 ...
12 de jun. de 2023 · Jackson, Miss. — At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, and as she reflects on his ...
25 de jun. de 2014 · Among the veterans of the civil rights movement, few are more revered than Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, Mississippi's first NAACP field secretary. Medgar was gunned down in ...
12 de jun. de 2023 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, as she reflects on his ...
28 de mar. de 2023 · In 1963, Myrlie Evers-Williams' husband, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, was assassinated in Mississippi. Since his death, Williams has undertaken a courageo...
