Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Medgar Evers is remembered as the NAACP field secretary murdered by white supremacists in 1963. His widow talks about her effort to present a fuller picture of Evers’ life, and his legacy to the American civil rights movement.
Guests
- Myrlie Evers-Williams Longtime civil rights activist, former chair of the NAACP, and founder of the Medgar Evers Institute
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