born 1933 · Writing
58.3avg grm
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Honors
21998Spingarn Medal
1996honorary degree from Spelman College
Bio
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).

