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Reid, Joy-Ann Lomena,

Medgar & Myrlie : Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America / Medgar and Myrlie Joy-Ann Reid. - First edition. - 342 pages, 16 unnumbred pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780063068797 0063068796

LCCN: bl2024001430

Subjects--Personal Names:
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.
Evers-Williams, Myrlie.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.
Married people--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mississippi--Race relations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.