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2. www.history.com › myrlie-evers-williamsMyrlie Evers-Williams - HISTORY

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   Dec 2, 2009 · African-American activist Myrlie Evers-Williams was born Myrlie Louise Beasley in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1933. ... After her husband was shot to death by a white supremacist in 1963, Evers ...

3. www.pomona.edu › myrlie-evers-williams › photosMyrlie Evers-Williams ’68 Collection Photos - Pomona College

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   President Barack Obama embraces Myrlie Evers-Williams during her visit in the Oval Office, June 4, 2013. The President met with the Evers family to commemorate the approaching 50th anniversary of Medgar Evers' death. Photograph by Pete Souza, White House Photographs. From the Myrlie Evers-Williams Collection, Pomona College.

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4. www.flickr.com › photos › quincypicsMrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams, Civil Rights Activitist | Flickr

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   Feb 18, 2008 · Born Myrlie Beasley (1933-) Myrlie Evers's life was shattered on June 12, 1963, when she opened her front door to find her husband, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, dying on their porch — the victim of a sniper's bullet. In the days and weeks that followed, she showed her courage by continuing Medgar's fight for racial equality, even in the face of threats on her own life; and when her ...

5. www.msn.com › en-us › tvMyrlie Evers Reflects on Husband's Assassination 60 Years ...

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   Myrlie Evers-Williams gazes wistfully at a photograph of Medgar Evers, the decorated Army veteran she married in 1951, when, at just 26, he was already a pioneering activist who would go on to ...

6. www.gordonparksfoundation.org › support › honoreesMyrlie Evers-Williams - Honorees - The Gordon Parks Foundation

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   May 21, 2024 · 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. Her tireless three-decade pursuit of justice for civil rights activist ...

7. www.cbsnews.com › news › myrlie-evers-williams-civilCivil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams looks back on her ...

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   Mar 29, 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 ...

8. www.nbcnews.com › nightly-news › myrlie-eversMyrlie Evers-Williams on finding solace after her husband's ...

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   Jan 22, 2013 · Evers-Williams was a 30-year-old wife and the mother of three young children when men came to her house in Jackson, Miss., on June 12, 1963, and shot her husband just steps from the front door.