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Myrlie Evers at husband’s Medgar Evers’ funeral.

“Medgar is known for his death and not for what he did,” she said.

When people ask why she continued to revisit the pain, Evers-Williams said, “You will not forget this man and his work. (My continued work) has been out of my love and respect for him and what he did and how important it is for our young people to know the true history of those times.”