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Author Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968- author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Mariner Books, [2024]
1 hold on first copy returned of 3 copies
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3082869~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction-NEW  323.092 REI    ON HOLDSHELF
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction-NEW  323.092 REI    ON HOLDSHELF
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction-NEW  323.092 REI    DUE 04-22-24
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Description 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.
Subject 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.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Genre Biographies.
Added Title Medgar and Myrlie
ISBN 9780063068797 hc.
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