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50 Years Later, Medgar Evers' Widow Relives The Pain

Keynote speaker Myrlie Evers-Williams at Wagner College's commencement ceremony on May 24. Jan Somma-Hammel/Staten Island Advance /Landov hide caption

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50 Years Later, Medgar Evers' Widow Relives The Pain

June 12, 2013 • "You work through them. You suppress them," Myrlie Evers-Williams says of the emotions related to the murder of her husband. But Wednesday, 50 years to the day after the civil rights icon's death, she feels the emotions again.