
Writing1933-03-17Vicksburg, Mississippi, USAFemale
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Also known as Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams, Myrlie Louise Beasley, Myrlie Louise Evers
Myrlie Evers-Williams is best known as an American civil rights activist, author and journalist. She was married to Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist murdered in 1963. Evers-Williams served as chairwoman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

