Myrlie Evers-Williams ✓

(1933) screenwriter United States

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Myrlie Evers-Williams (born 1933) was a United States screenwriter.

About Myrlie Evers-Williams

Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams is an American civil rights activist and journalist who worked for over three decades to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her husband Medgar Evers, another civil rights activist. She also served as chairwoman of the NAACP, and has published several books on topics related to civil rights and her husband's legacy. On January 21, 2013, she delivered the invocation at the second inauguration of Barack Obama.

Notable works:

For us, the living

Awards:

Spingarn Medal|honorary degree from Spelman College

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