Myrlie Evers-Williams

Myrlie Evers-Williams
Evers-Williams at the Medgar Evers' christening, 2011
Chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
In office 1995–1998
Preceded by	William Gibson
Succeeded by	Julian Bond
Personal details
Born	Myrlie Louise Beasley (1933-03-17) March 17, 1933 (age 91) Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Medgar Evers ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 1963)​ Walter Williams ​ ​ (m. 1976; died 1995)​
Children	3
Education	Alcorn State University Pomona College (BA)

Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams (née Beasley; born March 17, 1933) 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 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.