Evers-Williams

I watched Evers-Williams, who had long campaigned for the Beckwith prosecution, live on CNN on that day in 1994.

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Evers-Williams is the widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers who, in 1963, was gunned down in front of his Jackson home.

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So it is with The Help: Evers' widow Myrlie Evers-Williams liked the film, which opened Wednesday, but a few critics, the

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"I did a lot of research about the time period and spent some wonderful hours talking to Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams," Spencer says.

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Evers-Williams also served as chairwoman of the NAACP and is credited with saving the organization by getting it out of debt and restoring its reputation.

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Evers-Williams - who lives in Los Angeles and Bend, Ore. - thanked Mabus for fulfilling a promise he made to her more than 20 years ago, that he'd find an appropriate way to commemorate her late husband's legacy.

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Evers-Williams married Medgar Evers, whom she met in college.

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Evers-Williams - who lives in Los Angeles and Bend, Ore. - thanked Mabus for fulfilling a promise he made to her more than 20 years ago, that he'd find an appropriate way to commemorate her late husband's legacy.

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Evers-Williams married Medgar Evers, whom she met in college.

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Evers-Williams was honored with the National Freedom Award and Erving was honored with the Legacy Award.

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