Myrlie Evers-Williams

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Birthday

1933-03-17

Place of Birth

Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Biography

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).