Myrlie Evers was born on March 17, 1933 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA as Myrlie Beasley. She is known for her work on Stills of the Movement: The Civil Rights Photojournalism of Flip Schulke (2009), The Last White Knight (2012) and Southern Justice: The Murder of Medgar Evers (1994). She was previously married to Walter Edward Williams and Medgar...
Attended Alcorn State University in Lorman, University but dropped out before earning her degree.
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Received her Bachelor's degree in sociology from Pomona College in Claremont, California (1968).
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Is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
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Chairperson of the NAACP from 1995 - 1998.
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Bob Dylan dedicated his song "Only a Pawn in Their Game" to the memory of her murdered husband, Medgar Evers. It appeared on his 1964 album "The Times They Are A-Changin'".
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