Myrlie Evers Williams

from Now I've Heard Everything · host Bill Thompson

Medgar Evers's widow carries on the fight. 60 years ago tonight a white supremacist and KKK leader gun down a civil rights leader named Medgar Evers outside his own home, leaving his wife Myrlie a widow at age 30. In this 1999 interview, Myrlie Evers Williams explains why her husband's senseless death didn't beak her, and how she has made the most of her God-given strengths. Get Watch Me Fly by Myrlie Evers Williams You may also enjoy my interviews with Coretta Scott King and Andrew Young For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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