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FILE - This March 28, 2011 file photo shows Myrlie Evers-Williams, wife of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers speaks about her being honored by the Mississippi Legislature for her contributions to civil rights and race relations, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Evers-Williams will deliver the invocation at President Barack Obama's second inauguration on Jan. 21, 50 years after her husband was gunned down in the driveway of his Mississippi home. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
In this Dec. 12, 2012, photo, a model of the White House sits on a giant map during a media tour highlighting inaugural preparations being made by the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region for military and civilian planners at the DC Armory in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday that Myrlie Evers-Williams would deliver the prayer. It comes 50 years after her husband was gunned down in the driveway of his Mississippi home. The inauguration falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Evers-Williams is a distinguished scholar at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss. She was chairwoman of the NAACP from 1995 to 1998.
Inaugural organizers said the Rev. Louie Giglio of Atlanta's Passion City Church will deliver the benediction for Obama's swearing-in.
In a statement, Obama says Evers-Williams and Giglio represent ideals of justice, equality and opportunity that he pursues.
In 2009, the Rev. Rick Warren delivered the invocation.