Posted on 01/09/2013 2:13:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, will deliver the invocation at President Barack Obama's second public inauguration on Jan. 21, event organizers announced Tuesday.
Evers-Williams, 79, will reportedly be the first woman and non-clergy member to deliver one of the most public prayers in America's political history.
"I am humbled to have been asked to deliver the invocation for the 57th inauguration of the President of the United States -- especially in light of this historical time in America when we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement," Evers-Williams said in a statement released by the Presidential Inauguration Committee.
"It is indeed an exhilarating experience to have the distinct honor of representing that era," she added.
President Obama will be officially sworn in to his second term in office on Jan. 20 in a private ceremony, and the public ceremony including the invocation and benediction will take place on Jan. 21, on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Evers-Williams' prayer will come at the beginning of the Jan. 21 inauguration ceremony, while evangelical pastor Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion movement, which teaches students about human trafficking, will deliver the benediction.
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Well, Hugo Sanchez, Pot Pol, Fidel Castro, Hitler and Stalin are all dead so Teh Won settled for second string...
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Says Hussein will be sworn in privately Jan.20 and publicly Jan.21. So, like last time, we have a non-public swearing in where they will use his real name, his legal name, which might be Barry Soetoro and was not on any ballot or other election paperwork. Then there is the public swearing in for the Sheeple to consume. The usurpation continues.
For those who don’t know:
Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. He became active in the civil rights movement after returning from overseas service in World War II and completing secondary education; he became a field secretary for the NAACP.
Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens’ Council. As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. His murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art, music, and film.
For those who don’t know:
Myrlie Evers-Williams (born March 17, 1933) is a civil rights activist and journalist who worked tirelessly to seek justice for the murder of her well-known civil rights activist husband Medgar Evers in 1963.
In addition, Myrlie Evers-Williams ran for the U.S. House of Representatives from California, actively participated in and became chairwoman of the NAACP, and published several books on topics related to civil rights and her husband’s legacy.
I won’t be watching the little dictators fiasco festivities ...... But am grateful for the ping as always .....:o)
I do not have a problem with who is praying or that the person is a woman.......I have a problem with obama being sworn in and putting his finger again in the eye of the citizenry.
And they said Roanald Reagan was an actor. This clown is always playing to the crowd.
Please excuse my interest level to be less than zero...
This was featured on our local Jackson, Mississippi news last night.
“...African-American civil rights activist...”
Was he born in Africa???
Jus wonderin’...
I will be ignoring these festivities in toto, just as I did in 2009. Everything about the Kenyan stinks in my nostrils and fortunately I’m not yet legally required to pay attention to him.
Thanks for the info. I would have never known as I have no intention of watching.
Will they mention that four years after Medgar Evers death, the man who murdered him would run as a Democrat for Lt. Governor of Mississippi? Will anyone point out that Medgar Evers older brother is a Republican?
A marathon of bashing ole whitey.
Back from his white man’s vacation, he’s now putting on his black man’s guise.
The racist Alinskyite usurper just never lets up.
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