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Author:

Reid, Joy-Ann Lomena, author.

Title:

Medgar & Myrlie : Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America / Joy-Ann Reid.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Mariner Books,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

342 pages, 16 unnumbred pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Evers, Medgar Wiley,--1925-1963.
Evers-Williams, Myrlie.
African American civil rights workers--Jackson--Jackson--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Jackson--Jackson--Biography.
Married people--Jackson--Jackson--Biography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography.
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Love -- Mississippi Goddamn -- Medgar and Myrlie -- Emmett till -- The house on Guynes Street -- Mississippi freedom -- Freedom from fear -- Countdown -- How to be a civil rights widow -- A tristate conspiracy? -- Justice -- Carnegie Hall -- Many thanks -- Notes -- Index.

Summary:

Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.

ISBN:

0063068796
9780063068797

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1417659381

LCCN:

bl2024001430

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