Myrlie Evers

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NAACP chairperson author civil rights activist human widow of Medgar Evers

Myrlie Evers is an American civil rights activist, author, and former NAACP chair best known for her decades-long advocacy for racial justice following the assassination of her husband, Medgar Evers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Myrlie Evers canonical	4
Myrlie Evers-Williams	2
Myrlie Bell Lewis	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NAACP chairperson ⓘ author ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ widow of Medgar Evers ⓘ
awardReceived	Spingarn Medal ⓘ surface form: NAACP Spingarn Medal
cause	racial equality ⓘ social justice ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
coFounderOf	Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Alcorn A&M College ⓘ
employer	NAACP ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
familyName	Evers ⓘ
fieldOfWork	African-American history ⓘ civil rights ⓘ
genre	autobiography ⓘ civil rights literature ⓘ
givenName	Myrlie ⓘ
hasPart	Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute ⓘ
hasRole	advocate for voting rights ⓘ civil rights leader ⓘ community organizer ⓘ
influenced	later generations of civil rights activists ⓘ
influencedBy	Medgar Evers ⓘ
knownFor	decades-long civil rights activism after Medgar Evers’s assassination ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableEvent	assassination of Medgar Evers ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy for racial justice ⓘ leadership in the NAACP ⓘ preserving the legacy of Medgar Evers ⓘ
notableWork	For Us, the Living ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ educator ⓘ organizational leader ⓘ public speaker ⓘ
partOf	African-American civil rights leaders ⓘ
positionHeld	chair of the NAACP ⓘ
relative	Medgar Evers ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Medgar Evers ⓘ
workLocation	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Medgar Evers → spouse → Myrlie Evers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Myrlie Evers-Williams

John L. Lewis → spouse → Myrlie Evers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Myrlie Bell Lewis

Medgar Evers Home Museum → significantPerson → Myrlie Evers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Myrlie Evers-Williams

Evers → usedBy → Myrlie Evers ⓘ

Evers → notableBearer → Myrlie Evers ⓘ

Ghosts of Mississippi → character → Myrlie Evers ⓘ