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Medgar Evers: Life, Death, Legacy

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Benjamin Jealous (left), the current NAACP national president, and Myrlie Evers-Williams (right) visited Jackson recently to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Evers-Williams’ husband, Medgar.

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In Her Words: Myrlie Evers-Williams

Members and friends, for some reason I feel just a little bit nervous. That's unusual, but I think it's emotion more than anything else--emotions that have all of you here, …

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