Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Living place: Mississippi

Birthday: 17-3-1933 (91 years old)

Population of US 1933: 125,578,763

Global rank: #64833

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Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams profile

Who is Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams?
African-American civil rights activist, who served as president of the NAACP and sought justice for three decades for the death of her first husband, is also a civil rights leader.
She delivered prayers at President Barack Obama's second inauguration, being the first woman and first layperson to do so.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She began working for the NAACP in 1954 with her husband, who was the school secretary at the time. They fought for the right to vote and desegregation in Mississippi.

Family life info

She was married to Medgar Evers from 1951 until her murder in 1963. She married Walter Williams in 1975 and they remained married until his death in 1995.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams?
Whoopi Goldberg played her in the film The Ghost of Mississippi, which dramatizes the events of her husband's assassination.

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When was Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams born?
Myrlie Evers-Williams birthday 17-3-1933 (at the age of 91).
Where is Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Myrlie Evers-Williams was born in Mississippi, . is a Civil rights leader, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Myrlie Evers-Williams's global rank is 64833 and whose rank is 126 in list of famous Civil rights leader. Population of US in 1933 is about 125,578,763 persons.
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Events in 1933 and 17-3

Events in US in the birth year of Myrlie Evers-Williams

  • Giuseppe Zangara executed for attempted assassination of President-elect Roosevelt in which Chicago Mayor Cermak is fatally shot. Background: Assassinations and Attempts in U.S. Since 1865
  • Roosevelt inaugurated (“the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”); launches New Deal.
  • Prohibition repealed. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  • Glass-Steagall Act bans banks from dealing in stocks and bonds.

Birthday Myrlie Evers-Williams (17-3) in history

  • Day 17-3 year 1762: The first St. Patrick's Day Parade in the United States, was held in New York City.
  • Day 17-3 year 1776: British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
  • Day 17-3 year 1870: Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College) received its charter from the Massachusetts legislature.
  • Day 17-3 year 1942: Gen. Douglas MacArthur became supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
  • Day 17-3 year 1963: Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing 1,184 people.
  • Day 17-3 year 1969: Golda Meir was sworn in as prime minister of Israel.
  • Day 17-3 year 2003: President Bush delivered an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack.
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