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21 de may. de 2024 · Myrlie Evers-Williams stands as a monumental figure in the tapestry of American civil rights and social justice. 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.
29 de may. de 2024 · Myrlie Evers-Williams and daughter Reena Evers Everette. He held voter registration drives for the state’s black residents – knowing that others had been murdered for pushing for equal rights of African Americans. In the Medgar Evers College archives (City University of New York 1970), it is written:
29 de may. de 2024 · 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, and as she reflects on his work — and her own — to push the U.S. toward a promise of equality and justice for all.It’s been 60 year...
29 de may. de 2024 · Soldiers hold the US flag over the coffin of American civil rights activist Medgar Evers during his funeral, on June 19, 1963 in Arlington National Cemetery, in Washington, DC, as his wife Myrlie...
17 de may. de 2024 · Evers’s widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, was the first woman to head the NAACP (1995–98). Byron de La Beckwith, a white segregationist, was charged with the murder. He was set free in 1964 after two trials resulted in hung juries but was convicted in a third trial held in 1994.
9 de may. de 2024 · His widow Myrlie Evers-Williams, eloquently described how Medgar was the love of her life and a dedicated father. His tragic assassination didn’t extinguish his vision. Instead, his fighting spirit inspired generations to continue his mission.
28 de may. de 2024 · Walter Williams, husband of the new chairwoman of the NAACP, Myrlie Evers-Williams, died Wednesday in her arms after a long battle with cancer. He was 76.
