NAACP Leader Sworn In Before Crowd of 1,000
About 1,000 NAACP supporters gathered Sunday to witness the swearing-in of Myrlie Evers-Williams to lead the nation’s oldest civil rights group through troubled times.
The mood was jubilant among members who expect Evers-Williams to restore the image and financial strength of the organization for which her husband, civil rights worker Medgar Evans, worked and died three decades ago.
Six federal judges and one retired federal judge swore in Evers-Williams, 61, as chairwoman of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People’s 64-member board of directors.
“I will direct all of my energies (and) talents to fulfilling the mission of this great organization,” Evers-Williams promised.
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