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Medgar & Myrlie, Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America, Joy-Ann Reid

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Medgar & Myrlie, Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America, Joy-Ann Reid

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index

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collective biography

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Medgar & Myrlie

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bibliography

Oclc number

1417659381

Responsibility statement

Joy-Ann Reid

Sub title

Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America

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

Table Of 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

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Medgar and Myrlie

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