What is Myrlie Evers-Williams?
{{Infobox person |name = Myrlie Evers-Williams |image = Myrlie_Evers-Williams.jpg |caption = Evers-Williams delivering remarks during the christening ceremony for [[USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13)|US Navy ship ''Medgar Evers'']] |birth_name = Myrlie Louise Beasley |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|3|17}} |birth_place = [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]] [[USA]] |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = American |citizenship = American |other_names = |known_for = |education = [[Alcorn State University|Alcorn A&M College]]<br>[[Pomona College]] |employer = |occupation = activist |spouse = [[Medgar Evers]] 1951&ndash;1963 (his death)<br>Walter Williams 1975&ndash;1995 (his death) }} '''Myrlie Evers-Williams''' (born March 17, 1933) is an [[African-American]] [[civil rights]] [[Activism|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]]. She was also chairwoman of the [[NAACP|National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)]]. ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.visionaryproject.org/everswilliamsmyrlie Myrlie Evers-Williams's oral history video excerpts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225170536/http://www.visionaryproject.org/everswilliamsmyrlie/ |date=2021-02-25 }} at The National Visionary Leadership Project {{DEFAULTSORT:Evers-Williams, Myrlie}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] [[Category:Journalists from Mississippi]] [[Category:People from Vicksburg, Mississippi]] {{US-bio-stub}}