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Medgar & Myrlie : Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America Cover Image Book

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

Medgar and Myrlie (other title)
Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968- (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063068797
  • ISBN: 0063068796
  • Physical Description: 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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

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  • 57 of 64 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)

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Statesville Main Library 920 REI (Text) 33114018649608 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library B Evers (Text) 31010000853103 Adult Biography Available -
Andrews Public Library 323.092 REI (Text) 80605003706263 Adult Nonfiction Available -
BHM Headquarters Library B Evers (Text) 38344101754909 Adult Biography Available -
Beaufort Main 323.092 REID (Text) 34208900216895 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Canton Library 323.092 Reid (Text) 33115007703840 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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