President Barack Obama met with Myrlie Evers-Williams during her visit in the Oval Office yesterday.
The widow of Medgar Evers, as well as her children and grandchildren, were invited to the White House to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of her husband, Medgar Evers.
The Mississippi Civil Rights Activist was assassinated on June 12, 1963 for working to end segregation.
Senior adviser to the president Valerie Jarrett called yesterday’s meeting a “deeply poignant moment,” reports White House Correspondent April Ryan.
A World War II veteran, Medgar Evers is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Jarrett said President Obama told Myrlie Evers this “demonstrates that he is a warrior of justice.”
According to Ryan, Evers presented Obama with two black and white portrait originals before leaving. One was a portrait of Rosa Parks and the other was a portrait of Coretta Scott King with Betty Shabazz and Myrlie Evers.
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