Myrlie Evers-Williams

  • female, 76 years old
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Myrlie recalled in Emerge that the simple act of registering to vote often brought disastrous consequences to those brave enough to do it: "Their names would be published in the newspaper with their addresses and phone numbers, and they would be harassed by phone calls, people driving by, throwing rocks, eggs, firebombs.... Or the banks would call in mortgages with no notice. People got fired from their jobs immediately. galegroup
Born:
March 17, 1933
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  • CNN.com - Black History...

    CAREER In 1954 Evers-Williams worked as a secretary for her husband who was working as the Mississippi state field secretary for the NAACP.
    www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/27.eversw...

  • MWP: Myrlie Evers-Williams...

    Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams is perhaps best remembered as the widow of Medgar Evers , the Mississippi state field secretary for the NAACP who in 1963 was gunned down in the driveway of his home in Jackson.
    www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/evers_myrlie/

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  • iwu.edu

    www.iwu.edu/~iwunews/evers.html

  • Myrlie Evers-Williams

    Myrlie Evers-Williams achieved national prominence as the chairwoman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ). She was narrowly elected to the post in 1995 as part of an effort to reform an organization rocked by scanda
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    Myrlie Evers-Williams achieved national prominence as the chairwoman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ). She was narrowly elected to the post in 1995 as part of an effort to reform an organization rocked by scanda
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    Myrlie recalled in Emerge that the simple act of registering to vote often brought disastrous consequences to those brave enough to do it: "Their names would be published in the newspaper with their addresses and phone numbers, and they would be harassed
    www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/everswilliams_m.htm