Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers-Williams

By Mariam Dahab

  • Medgar was born

    Medgar was born

  • Myrlie Louise Beasley was born on March 17, 1933

    Myrlie Louise Beasley was born on March 17, 1933

  • Evers was drafted into the U.S. Army

  • Evers enrolled at Alcorn College

  • Medgar and Myrlie got married

    Medgar and Myrlie got married

  • Medgar was rejected in the University of Mississippi Law School

  • Medgar was killed

    Medgar was killed

  • Myrlie married Walter Williams

  • Myrlie was appointed to the Board of Public Works as a commissioner

    Myrlie was appointed to the Board of Public Works as a commissioner

  • Myrle received the National Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis , Tennessee

    Myrle received the National Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis , Tennessee
    Myrle received the National Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis , Tennessee

  • Myrlie delivered the invocation at the second inauguration of Barack Obama

    Myrlie delivered the invocation at the second inauguration of Barack Obama
    She was the first woman and the first layperson to deliver the invocation at a presidential inauguration.