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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.
Known primarily as the widow of the civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers-Williams has proven to be an influential African American civil rights activist in her own right. Myrlie Louise Beasley was born in Vicksburg on 17 March 1933. Her parents were Mildred Washington Beasley and James Van Dyke Beasley, but she was raised […]
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 ...
29 de mar. de 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 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...
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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 ...
13 de sept. de 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.
