OXFORD — Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams told graduates at the University of Mississippi on Saturday they have the power “to do what is right, to do what is just” and make the world a better place.
“I believe in you, and I hope you believe in yourselves, too,” Evers-Williams said during a commencement ceremony on the university’s main campus in Oxford. “Soar! Not only for yourselves, nor just for the betterment of Mississippi, but for betterment of all mankind. Soar, and be free.”