At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, as she reflects on his work to push the U.S. toward a promise of equality and justice for all.
Myrlie Evers, civil right leader and widow of slain civil rights icon Medgar Evers, acknowledges the audience applause after the unveiling of the new park sign for Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 8, 2023.
“Medgar is so very much a part of me, and he’s here,” Evers-Williams told about 200 people who gathered on a hot and humid morning last week for the ceremonial opening of theThe monument is in a subdivision where people still raise families in modest two- and three-bedroom homes. The Evers home is open for tours by appointment, but anybody can stop by a new visitors' space nearby, which has a herb and vegetable garden.
Mississippi's white power structure in the early 1960s prevented most Black people from registering to vote, and most public schools remained segregated until 1970. During last week's ceremony at the Evers home, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the family's work is honorable. The airport and the main post office in Jackson have both been named for Evers for many years, and a statue of him stands at a busy intersection.
At a “More Than a Widow” brunch for Evers-Williams, a gospel choir sang: “What do you do when you’ve done all you can? ... God has a purpose. Yes, God has a plan.”
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