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) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Mariner Books,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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.