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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. On Politics “I’ve always been interested in politics. I like dares. You tell me I can’t, I’ll be sure that ...
As an author, Myrlie Evers has captured the work and historical significance of the civil rights movement through several publications chronicling the life of Medgar Evers. In 1967, she co-wrote For Us, the Living, with William Peters; and in 2006, with co-author Manning Marable, she penned The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero’s Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters and ...
Myrlie Louise Evers–Williams, née Beasley le 17 mars 1933 à Vicksburg, est une militante et journaliste afro-américaine engagée dans le mouvement afro-américain des droits civiques. Elle a notamment œuvré plus de trois décennies pour obtenir justice pour le meurtre de son mari en 1963, le militant Medgar Evers .
1 de jul. de 2020 · NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers who was assassinated in their home state of Mississippi, about the state removing the Confederate insignia from its flag.
Myrlie Evers-Williams embodies resilience; despite the heartbreak of her husband’s murder and the threat it posed to her and her children, she persisted. Her tireless three-decade pursuit of justice for civil rights activist Medgar Evers culminated in the conviction of his murderer, proving her extraordinary fortitude and commitment to justice.
On June 12, 1963, a gunman shot and killed Medgar Evers outside the family home. The tragedy thrust Myrlie into the national spotlight as the grieving widow. Though her husband’s life was over, her work had just begun. She immediately began speaking and writing about Medgar’s murder, to generate awareness and strengthen his legacy.
11 de jun. de 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 ...
