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Myrlie Evers-Williams

Author of The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches

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Includes the names: Myrlie Evers, Myrlie B. Evers, B. Myrlie Evers, MRS. MEDGAR EVERS

Works by Myrlie Evers-Williams

The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches (2005) — Editor — 112 copies

For Us, the Living: The Widow of Civil Rights Leader Medger Evers Tells the Story of Their Life Together in Mississippi and of His Tragic Assassination (1967) 96 copies

Watch Me Fly: What I Learned on the Way to Becoming the Woman I Was Meant to Be (1999) 70 copies

For Us the Living (1970) 1 copy

Associated Works

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) — Introduction, some editions — 5,022 copies, 87 reviews

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Birthdate: 1933-03-17
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work

The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches (Nominee – Nonfiction – 2006)

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Works: 4
Also by: 1
Members: 279
Popularity: #83,280
Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 9

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