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Medgar & Myrlie Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America

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.

Main Author: Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Evers, Medgar Wiley, > 1925-1963.
Evers-Williams, Myrlie.
African American civil rights workers > Mississippi > Jackson > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Mississippi > Jackson > Biography.
Married people > Mississippi > Jackson > Biography.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Biographies.
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.
Physical Description: 342 pages, 16 unnumbred pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.
ISBN: 9780063068797
0063068796

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