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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...
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murdered in 1963 at his home in Jackson, Mississippi, now the
Medgar and
Myrlie Evers Home
National Monument, by
Byron De La Beckwith, a
member of the White...
- The
Medgar and
Myrlie Evers Home
National Monument, also
known as
Medgar Evers House, is a
historic house museum at 2332
Margaret Walker Alexander Drive...
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tried twice in the 1960s and both
trials ended in hung juries. Evers'
widow Myrlie Evers had been
trying to
bring De La
Beckwith to
justice for over 25 years...
- America:
Trump and the
Unraveling of the
American Story (2019), and
Medgar and
Myrlie:
Medgar Evers and the Love
Story That
Awakened America (2024). Reid was...
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drama films Till, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and The
Woman King as
Myrlie Evers, Alisha, and Shante, respectively. In 2024, she
reprised her role...
- for an
influential black woman,
including Mic****e Obama,
Oprah Winfrey,
Myrlie Evers, and Aaliyah. Eve also
samples artists like Phil
Collins (his hit...
- made-for-television
biographical film
based on the 1967 book, For Us, the Living, by
Myrlie Evers-Williams and
William Peters. It was
broadcast on the PBS television...
- a rifle, he shot
Evers in the back.
Evers died an hour later, aged 37.
Myrlie Evers, his wife, and his
three children, James, Reena, and
Darrell Evers...
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hundred unanswered questions. Later,
Bethany hears Myrlie talking to Dad on the
porch of
Myrlie's house.
Myrlie says he has to tell
Bethany about Elizabeth....