Myrlie Evers-Williams To Deliver Invocation At Obama Inauguration

Myrlie Evers-Williams has been chosen by President Barack Obama to deliver the invocation at his second inauguration later this month.

Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of a slain civil rights icon, Medgar Evers, will be the first woman and non clergy member to ever deliver the public prayer.

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The selection of Evers-Williams for the prayer is holds special meaning, as this year marks the 50th anniversary of the murder of Medgar Evers, who was the NAACP’s Mississippi field secretary at the time of his death.

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Myrlie Evers-Williams has dedicated the majority of her adult life fighting to win a conviction of her late husband’s shooter.

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“I would imagine that even people who are made somewhat uncomfortable by the allusions to religion in such public moments will find an invocation by the widow of a martyr to be moving and poignant,” said author Jon Meacham, who has written on religion in American history. “This is as unifying a gesture as a president could make, it seems to me.”

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President Obama will take the oath of office for his second term privately on January 20th. The public inauguration will be held on January 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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(source: washington post)

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