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

Título:

ISBN:

9780063068797

Autor personal:

Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968-

Edición:

First edition.

Información de publicación:

New York : Mariner Books, [2024]

Descripción física:

342 pages, 16 unnumbred pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contenido:

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.

Síntesis:

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.

Materia personal:

Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.

Evers-Williams, Myrlie.

Materia corporativa:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography.

Término geográfico:

Mississippi -- Race relations

DAK_SUBJECT_TERM_DISPLAY:

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