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

Medgar and Myrlie (other title)

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.
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.

Available copies

  • 53 of 60 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 1 current hold with 60 total copies.
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Marion Library 323.092 REI (Text) 37810435815591 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library B Evers (Text) 31010000853103 Adult New Biography Available -
Andrews Public Library 323.092 REI (Text) 80605003706263 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library 323.092 Rei (Text) 33630005260653 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library 323.092 REI (Text) 37807000043418 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bunn Branch 323.092/Reid (Text) 72350000119488 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Canton Library 323.092 Reid (Text) 33115007703840 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library 323.092 REI (Text) 22281500157098 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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