May 16, 2013
Myrlie Evers-Williams, now a scholar-in-residence at Alcorn State University in Lorman, attended a 50th commemoration of Medgar's assassination this morning in Jackson.
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'A Righteous Day' to Remember Evers
The story of Medgar Evers' assassination 50 years ago is well-known—particularly to people in Jackson, where the murder took place—but there's something about hearing his widow, Myrlie, recount the night …
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