Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Myrlie Evers-Williams

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American activist Myrlie Evers-Williams.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Myrlie Evers-Williams

Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams is an American civil rights activist and journalist who worked for over three decades to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her husband Medgar Evers, another civil rights activist. She also served as chairwoman of the NAACP, and published several books on topics related to civil rights and her husband’s legacy. On January 21, 2013, she delivered the invocation at the second inauguration of Barack Obama.

Jim Crow is alive and it's dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit, my friend, instead of a white robe. — © Myrlie Evers-Williams
Jim Crow is alive and it's dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit, my friend, instead of a white robe.
I have reached a point in my life where I understand the pain and the challenges; and my attitude is one of standing up with open arms to meet them all.
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