{"id":27771,"date":"2013-05-13T08:40:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=27771"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:28:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:28:22","slug":"mississippi-press-blog-myrlie-evers-williams-challenges-ole-miss-graduates-to-soar-and-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/mississippi-press-blog-myrlie-evers-williams-challenges-ole-miss-graduates-to-soar-and-be-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Press Blog: Myrlie Evers-Williams challenges Ole Miss graduates to &#8216;soar, and be free&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Declaring her belief in their individual and combined power, renowned civil rights activist and author Myrlie Evers-Williams challenged University of Mississippi graduating seniors to become active in making the state, nation and world a better place for all people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe in you, and I hope you believe in yourselves, too,&#8221; Evers-Williams said today as she delivered the main address at the university&#8217;s 160th commencement ceremony. &#8220;Soar! 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