About the Program
Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evars and historian Manning Marable recount the civil rights movement through the eyes of Medgar Evers. "The Autobiography Of Medgar Evers" details the life of the civil rights leader, including his involvement with voting rights for African Americans. Medgar Evers was killed on June 12, 1963.
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Myrlie Evers-Williams is the widow of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, and was integral in helping Medgar open the first NAACP Mississippi State Office. She was named chairman of the National Board of Directors of the NAACP in 1995. Mrs. Evers-Williams established the Medgar Evers Institute in 1998, which links together business, government, and communitites to further human rights and equality. Manning Marable wrote and/or edited over twenty books and scholarly anthologies, including "The Great Wells of Democracy." He was a professor of public affairs, political science, history, and African-American Studies at Columbia University. His syndicated political affairs column, "Along the Color Line," appeared in more than four hundred black-owned and black-oriented mass publications throughout the world. Manning Marable died on April 1, 2011 at the age of 60.
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