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Myrlie Evers opens up about marriage to civil rights icon Medgar Evers

Sixty years ago, Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot and killed by a white supremacist outside of his home in Jackson, feet away from his family. After his death, his widow Myrlie Evers took up his fight for racial justice, becoming a leader in the movement. In an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King, 90-year-old Evers reflects on her extraordinary life in the fight for equality.
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