Myrlie Evers-Williams

Quick Facts

Full Name	Myrlie Evers-Williams
Occupation	Civil Rights Leader
Date Of Birth	Mar 17, 1933(1933-03-17)
Age	91
Birthplace	Vicksburg
Country	United States
Birth City	Mississippi
Horoscope	Pisces

Myrlie Evers-Williams Biography

Myrlie Evers-Williams is one of the most popular and richest Civil Rights Leader who was born on March 17, 1933 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. African-American civil rights activist, Chairwoman of NAACP. She sought justice for her husband’s murder for over three decades.

Whoopi Goldenberg played her role in Ghosts of Mississippi which portrayed the events surrounding her husband’s assassination.

From 1951 to his death in 1963, she was married to Medgarevers. Walter Williams was her husband and she remained married to him until his death in 1995.

Myrlie Evers-Williams Net Worth

Myrlie Evers-Williams is one of the richest Civil Rights Leader from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Myrlie Evers-Williams 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1954, she began her work for the NAACP with her husband. He was also the field secretary at that time. They fought for voting rights in Mississippi and desegregation.

She was the first woman and the first layperson to deliver the invocation at President She delivered the invocation at the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, being the first woman and first layperson to do so.’s second inauguration.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Myrlie Evers-Williams Dating?

According to our records, Myrlie Evers-Williams married to Walter Williams , Medgar Evers. As of December 1, 2023, Myrlie Evers-Williams’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Myrlie Ranked on the list of most popular Civil Rights Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Myrlie Evers- Williams celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.

Top Facts about Myrlie Evers-Williams

1. Myrlie Evers-Williams born on March 17, 1933 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
2. Graduated from Magnolia High School in 1950, and enrolled at Alcorn A&M College.
3. Myrlie married Medgar Evers on December 24, 1951 and the couple had three children.
4. Worked alongside Medgar at NAACP leading civil rights movements and demonstrations.
5. In 1964, moved family to Claremount, California.
6. Earned Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Pomona College in 1966 & joined Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
7. Served as a commissioner on the Board of Public Works from 1987-1995 & was first black woman to do so.
8. Appointed chairwoman of the NAACP board of directors in 1995.
9. Received 7 honorary doctorates and was named one of the “100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the 20th Century” by Ebony magazine.
10. Founded the Medgar Evers Institute in Jackson, Mississippi.
11. Authored her autobiography, Watch Me Fly: What I Learned on the Way to Becoming the Woman I Was Meant to Be (1999).
12. Named distinguished scholar-in-residence at Alcorn State University in

2012. 13. Delivered invocation at the second inauguration of Barack Obama in 2013.
      14. Medgar Evers was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith in 1963.
      15. Married Walter Williams in 1976 and moved to Bend, Oregon in 1993.

What happened to Myrlie Evers?

Evers was murdered in 1963 by Byron De La Beckwith , a member of the White Citizens’ Council. In 1976, Evers married Walter Williams, a stevedore and civil rights and union activist who had studied Evers and her work. They moved to Bend, Oregon in 1989.

How old is Myrlie?

89 years (March 17, 1933)

Why is Myrlie important?

In 1987, she became the first African-American woman commissioner for the Los Angeles, California Board of Public Works and a national board member of the NAACP. Longing for justice in her first husband’s death, Dr. Evers- Williams successfully fought for a third trial and subsequent conviction of his assassin in 1994.

What was Medgar's role in the NAACP?

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. As such, he organized voter-registration efforts and economic boycotts, and investigated crimes perpetrated against Black people.

Is the Ghosts of Mississippi a true story?

Ghosts Of Mississippi’ is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith , a white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.