Myrlie Evers opens up about marriage to civil rights icon Medgar Evers
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Sixty years ago, Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot and killed by a white supremacist outside of his home in Jackson, feet away from his family. After his death, his widow Myrlie Evers took up his fight for racial justice, becoming a leader in the movement. In an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King, 90-year-old Evers reflects on her extraordinary life in the fight for equality.
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She does not look 90 at all. She looks amazing ❤️
Very strong woman
She should be in Magazines.
Beautiful at 90
Miss Myrlie looks absolutely amazing ❤
She looks very healthy! And does have a good memory. How inspiring. I'm not surprised though. Amazing couple.
I agree! ❤
We are listening to and looking at 90 year old woman. So grateful she's still among us.
90! Her beauty is powerful even age can't disrupt it. Amazing!👸🏾
AMEN, my grandmother lived to be a 101. And she has always told me if you walk in God’s light and find purpose no matter how small or great the purpose, then you have meaning in life. And that is Myrlie Evwers- Williams.
WHAT!!! I had no idea she was 90. Wow, God has surely preserved this awesome woman!!❤
Yes , she’s giving early 60’s at the age of 90. When you fight the good fight , he will let you age gracefully…
AMEN ❤
This was *only* 60 years ago!!! Racism is still alive and well today no matter how much people want to say differently!
thank you, you would think that this would be obvious. where are these weirdos in these comments coming from, acting like this is all in the past??? 😳
@@cme2025my parents headed west from the deep south in the 1960s. in his later years, my father said that california was the most racist place he’d ever lived in. so ‘the west’ doesn’t have clean hands either. it’s the WHOLE DAMN COUNTRY
@@cme2025A true blessing, that your family got away from that place…Not much has changed there, if anything at all..
most people I've met, when. I speak to them courteously and kind , I get a positive response so if they're racist that's on them. I'm not going where I'm not welcome, God said separate yourselves from among them do not mix with the heathen
Truth! I don't know if racism and white supremacy will ever truly be dismantled. At least not in my life time.
"Vengeance, by doing well. By achieving." The maturity, eloquence and tenacity.
that’s an empty platitude. it really isn’t true
Great motivational perspective
@@califiasrevenge Interesting take and I can kind of agree a little. Also, I hope Mitrice’s family gets justice as her case was very strange.
That's her television ANSWER.
She looks AMAZING. 90 years young.
She looks like a lady in her 60s.
I had the pleasure of meeting her and Mrs. Coretta Scott King 25+ years ago. Both women exuded a grace that can't be qualified. Just class personified.
Une grâce incommensurable j'ajoutes
Mrs Myrlie Evers is a true definition of a strong Black woman
Amen
Oh yes!!! A phenomenal woman!!!
She was that before losing her husband. It's quite disgusting how strong our women have to be in this nation. Bless ALL black women
May God bless you and keep you safe from all harm 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️.
EXACTLY!!!! Too many Black woman use that word WAY TOO LOOSELY!!!
I had the pleasure of hearing her speak when I was at Morehouse. She’s beyond inspiring. Definitely one of our heroes. “Vengeance by doing well…by achieving”
What an amazing woman! Such strength, class, and grace!
THE DAM EPITOME OF STRENGTH CLASS GRACE
She is so beautiful and eloquent. I was 8 years old when her husband was killed. My mother was upset. Thank you Miss Evers!
Mrs 😇
Ms Evers looks amazing for 90 years old. She was blessed with a long life.
Ms Evers looks amazing at 90 years old*
Yes
@@MadmanMadman-q4g Thank you!
@@MadmanMadman-q4g my grammar is trash lol
“Ain’t gone leave that man.” She really loved him.
When I was attending Jackson State University, my grandparents took me to this house and they told me to look at this history and take this in. I have an opportunity to learn and do more than what they were able to do in their time. I appreciate them and the Evers’ legacy. I’m happy that their former residence is a landmark in Jackson,Mississippi. I feel so blessed to that memory. They made being black equivalent to excellence and sacrifice.
Beautiful ❤
Beautiful woman.
Shes so honest about her real feeings, so raw with it. I love that. She didnt sugarcoat her trauma. Shes 90 years old and absolutely beautiful, inside and out. God bless her!
This is a ICON… thank you Mrs Evers for this monumental interview
God bless Mr Evers🙏🏿RIP….
I'm so ashamed that we as a country could ever justify treating black people like this. And thinking this was acceptable behavior. It's insane.
why are you speaking in the past tense? this country hasn’t made one bit of progress with respect to race relations over the past 60 years…
Thank you for recognizing that this happen. ❤
America---the GENESIS of the CASTE society. . . .sad, just sad.
its the effect of slavery.
@@califiasrevenge Am looking for the dispute in talking to myself an in 61 years of living unfortunately your not even close to wrong !!
I'm glad she chose to move on with her life and marry again; all while never forgetting her first husband. She is grit, determination and grace personified.
Her candor is much appreciated. Not everyone would admit to having feelings of vengeance when experiencing injustice. This is going to help a lot of people.
Won't help anyone. Stop the pathetic hyperbole
Yeah, F all that forgiveness talk. I'll never forgive
NEVER FORGIVE OR FORGET ! eff all that other mess, it’s a new day
Her honesty was invigorating! I respect her
She is a strong, eloquent and admirable woman. The way she still talks about her husband today... the way she wants him to be remembered... shows how good of a man, husband and father he was and how much they loved each other. It hurts my heart to know that hatred and ignorance took him from his family.
Medgar Evers was a courageous, brave man and a martyr of our modern civil rights movement
Vengeance by doing well and being successful - WOW. what's an extraordinary woman and legacy through such pain of her husband's death. What an incredible moving life their family has lived and continues to live. CBS - Please do MORE of these stories!
AMEN!! And it can fill the void that the schools that aren’t allowed to teach about this story, and how they triumphant over tragedy through nonviolence even though this is American history! I wonder would DeSantis and his folks be offended by this story too!❤❤❤
My initial impression of Mrs Evers was how beautiful and vibrant she is. She truly was given courage and strength from the most high. I thank God for her and her late husband for a life of service in human rights and justice. Thank you, CBS.
“AIN’T GONE LEAVE THAT MAN!!!” - Myrlie Evers-Williams ❤️💯🙌🏾 2:19
ALEXA PLAY I LOVES YOU PORGY BY MILES DAVIS
"Excuse my grammar"... what a gem.
“Vengeance by doing well.” Powerful!
I'm so glad she was honest about her anger. The notion that black people are supposed to watch their loved ones murdered with impunity and not feel anger is absurd.
A Queen and not because she was married to Medgar, but because she, herself fought for rights, fought for what was right, herself. Outside of his shadow, but a blessing their union was and seemingly still is. ❤ Thank you Mr and Mrs Evers
Nine years old this woman, her Mind is sharp and she is beautiful
Mrs. Evers is a class act. Beside every great man is a even greater woman. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Gayle King. Great interview. This made me so proud to be a African American woman. Well done.
What a Beautiful dignified honest lady, she’s aged so beautifully and still fighting for our equality. RIP Medgar Evers ❤
WE AS BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO COME BACK TO THIS SO WE CAN STOP BEATING DOWN EACH OTHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA & REAL LIFE!!!!!
WE NEED TO REALIZE THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES & WE NEED TO BUILD OUR BLACK FAMILIES/BLACK COMMUNITIES!!!!
THIS SAME VILE EGREGIOUS RACISM EXIST TODAY!!!!
💯
Well said.Will we ever get there?😢
@Tiggerboo41 yes! I have a mustard seed of faith! All is possible!
Indeed
I totally agree with you!!!!
My heart bleeds, cries and screams joy all at the same time. To be amongst this deep history of my people is extremely moving. She’s the epitome of strength and grace. Just beautiful ❤️
This woman has always been so elegant! I'm so happy to see her doing well at 90 years young! It's admirable to see that after 60 years, she still holds such high regard and an undying love for her dear husband! ❤️
Powerful. My college friend's grandparents were friends with them and lived in the house directly across the street. I spent the night a few times in the early 2000s and always found myself waking up and looking out the window at the spot medgar died in . I remember feeling so sad to see how life just went on in the neighborhood and disappointed that we were havings some of the same convos about race despite all the assassinations.
She looks so incredible to be 90. She definitely doesnt look it. I admire the fact that she made sure her husband's death wasn't in vain. Such a wonderful story.
"vengeance. by doing well." I can't even describe how that statement makes me feel, how this entire interview makes me feel.
What a phenomenal woman ! She’s very inspiring 🙏🏾
She was very honest about her feelings and had EVERY ROGHT to feel that way.
She articulates herself sooo well! She is so royal and regal
She looks amazing and has done so much in 90 years. What a inspiration!
This brought a tear to my eye 😢! God bless the Evers family ! People really gave their lives to the struggle
Your Husband was one of GREATEST CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS in my 63 years of life, and we deeply appreciate his efforts to make it right for Black Americans in this country ✝️🙏💕
❤❤
I love her transparency. She's so pure.
Just got done watching Ghost of Mississippi. Cried like a baby. Great movie. I wanted to look up any interviews or old footage. Found this first. What a beautiful, fierce woman.
Thank you for this portrait. Somehow I made it to 69 years of age without ever hearing Mrs. Evers speak. An unfortunate deficit in my life. Such eloquence and grace, courage and integrity, determination and strength. I appreciate immensely her willingness to speak candidly about her true feelings. I wish I'd had a chance to meet her while I was living in MS.
She's amazing! Thank you for your work, strength and candor and keeping your husband's legacy alive and well. ❤
What a stirring interview! What a woman! Thank you, Gayle.
She was always so pretty to me. Just pure beauty inside and out.
The grace! I could listen to her speak all day! ❤ Our history
I always loved Myrlie speeches. She was so regal and such an eloquent speaker . I wasn’t born until the 70’s, but the civil rights movement helped shape me as a person growing up in the north. So grateful Medgar Evers and Myrlie and all my black heroes. I miss all my old heroes. We don’t have the same leadership now. 😢❤
Such a phenomenal woman with the determination like no other.
This was a wonderful segment about her life and accomplishment.
Wow! She looks beautiful & much younger than 90. She looks like she’s in her mid 60’s-early 70’s! Seriously! God Bless this woman ❤️
This interview made me cry sooo much. I feel changed just by watching it...I cant even imagine being so blessed as to meet her in person. Excellent job Gayle! ❤❤❤
She's so poised - so eloquent and thoughtful. Never rushed her words and when she speaks --- we listen. She visited Spelman (which is showing as a misspelling as I type this and let's you know the nuances of the inequity she discussed) during my sister's college days (close to commencement) and it seemed as if the campus stopped.
May God continue to bless Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams and her family. She looks absolutely wonderful for 90 years of age.
What an Amazing phenomenal woman! She continues to carry the torch that her husband once carried. Mrs. Evers, Medgar will never be forgotten. He is one of the EXCEPTIONAL PIONEERS in the freedom of blacks in our country! Thanks for your strength! And Gail this was a great interview.
Loved the transparency of her telling her journey! Wow. I can only imagine the different emotions. To see the fruit in her life today though. Amazing ❤👏
I am in tears. Thank God for them both.
What an inspirational soul. Mrs. Evers is transparent and thoughtful, and I thank you for allowing the public a front row seat expressing your feelings and innermost thoughts of your life in the fight. What a beautiful person. Please, there should be a new movie/documentary about the life of this first family of the Civil Rights Movement.
Her honesty is a testament to everyone's humanity because lies just hurt ourselves and others. So real, so beautiful, and absolutely amazingly strong.
Mrs Myrlie Evers is a beautiful, classy, graceful lady. I remember reading her book years ago “For Us, the Living “.
I think I’m going to ask for that book tomorrow at the library. ❤️
God bless you Mrs Evers.. im so glad you stood for your husband and continued the fight.. you did it with so much grace and elegance..
What a BEAUTIFUL INTERVIEW! ❤❤❤
When I was younger I wanted to go to Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, unfortunately due to some life issues I was unable to attend. But I never knew this rich ( his-story )of him and her until now thank you for this!! BTW I did go to college as an adult and graduate at Winston Salem State University.
Brilliant....we need to hear more from her
So many comments focused on her youthful appearance lets acknowledge her intelligence, determination and loyalty to her purpose! SALUTE.
Amen
I think you missed the point. Hatred ages you and can make you bitter.
Why do I cry see this so proud of her. God bless you ma'am she look so beautiful
Thank for what you do
90 where???? She looks marvelous 😍
This interview brought tears to my eyes. Well don’t, Gayle and God bless you Mrs. Evers!
WOW!! She loved him so much til she said I ain't gonna leave him! That's something! That's really something! Man, she really loved him! That's a beautiful thing! Thanks for sharing this! That was such a beautiful moving interview
She’s beautiful.
This lady is Beautiful inside and out!
90 years old and still amazing!!!
God Bless this beautiful woman and her family. Keeping Medgar Evers memory alive.
This was a beautiful interview ❤
Great story. She looks great to be 90 yrs old. This needs to go viral,
OMG I saw this the other morning while getting dressed for work and what to watch but had to leave.. So glad this appeared on my list to watch..📺
She has given so much for this country!!
Thank you Mrs Evers for sharing this very intimate part of your life
Ms. Evers Williams is as beautiful as she was 60 years ago.
WOW WOW WOW!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 She is a POWERHOUSE.
This woman captured my heart as a kid when I saw The Ghosts of Mississippi for the first time. Such a strong, intelligent woman with a beautiful soul. I’m so glad she’s still here to remind us that hate is never the answer ❤
What did you want "Vengeance, by doing well, and achieving." Gem dropping...👸🏾The spirit of a fighter. That gave me goosebumps. It hit my spirit different.
God Bless Mrs. Myrlie. ❤️😇
That's a pretty name btw.
What a strong lady.
There's no way this queen 👑 is 90!!❤
Powerful interview. And Thanks Mrs Evers for all that you done. Thank you and amen🙏🏽
Merlie Evers has always been an eloquent, intelligent, beautiful Lady. Clearly God has blessed her abundantly, she look healthy, beautiful and youthful
Facts !!!!❤❤❤❤ astounding woman indeed !!!
@@Justin38762 in deed she is. I’ve always had a crush on her too. 🥰😊👍🏽
She’s so beautiful I love her elegance and strength my 4th replay of this ❤
Thank you for sharing your victorious and courageous testimonies Mrs Evers. ❤
She is beautiful, classy and graceful woman. God bless her and her family
Still beautiful and graceful. Real class never fades. One of the great Queens. She outlived her two fellow sisters in the fight Coretta King and Betty Shabazz. The three pillars.
Wow, the strength of a strong black woman! Powerful! God bless her and to everyone who fought for justice and equality!❤❤❤❤❤
I’m going down to Mississippi and plan to view this historical landmark ❤
Amazing, strong, and beautiful- inside as well as outside! Love the love!
A beautiful woman!!! Outside and inside!!!!! Such a sweet spirit ❤
This was truly captivating!!! Please do more of these!!!
My family is from Mississippi and this woman is so sweet I really love us. Saddened that her husband was killed
This is still overwhelming! And, THEY want to cancel CRT? Teach you children, please.
She’s a beautiful woman. She’s been through so much all because of hate 😢
Strength , elegance and dignity.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Mrs.Myrlie Evers, thank you 💕❤️🙏
I’m so Blessed to witness this interview