Myrlie Evers-Williams

Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA on March 17, 1933 (age 93)

Myrlie Evers-Williams is best known as an American civil rights activist, author and journalist. She was married to Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist murdered in 1963. Evers-Williams served as chairwoman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).