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Myrlie Evers-Williams on the 45th Anniversary of the Murder of Her Husband, Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers

Posted by Metric Clay on September 11, 2009 at 12:42pm

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Civil, Husband, Rights, Leader, Medgar

Myrlie Evers-Williams on the 45th Anniversary of the Murder of Her Husband, Civil Rights Leader Medgar EversForty-five years ago today, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi.Evers fought segregation of schools and public places, struggled to increase black voter registration, led business boycotts, and brought attention to the murders and lynchings, like the slaying of black teenager Emmett Till. We speak to Medgar Evers' widow, the civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams. [includes rush transcript]

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