Myrlie Evers-Williams
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 17, 1933
- Place of birth
- Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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).