Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
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- Create Date：2024-02-06 13:21:45
- Update Date：2025-09-07
- Status：finish
- Author：Joy-Ann Reid
- ISBN：0063068796
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Reviews
Allison
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Thank you Mariner Books， Cocoa Chapters， Joy-Ann Reid for gifting this book。 I knew I would love this book from the moment I read the first passage。 💫🤎🖤 “ The thing about love is that it has no chill。 It takes no prisoners and makes no exceptions for the times or the environment or the dangers ahead。 It has no situational awareness， particularly when it is true and intense and existential。 At its best it is fearless。 Love is why this book is。”As a history buff， I was hooked， and as a southern Bl Thank you Mariner Books， Cocoa Chapters， Joy-Ann Reid for gifting this book。 I knew I would love this book from the moment I read the first passage。 💫🤎🖤 “ The thing about love is that it has no chill。 It takes no prisoners and makes no exceptions for the times or the environment or the dangers ahead。 It has no situational awareness， particularly when it is true and intense and existential。 At its best it is fearless。 Love is why this book is。”As a history buff， I was hooked， and as a southern Black American， I was inspired yet heartbroken。 Medgar Evers was born on July 2， 1925， and assassinated on June 12， 1963。 He served his country in World War II from 1943 - 1945。 After the war， Medgar enrolled in Alcorn University， where he met the love of his life， Myrlie Beasley， and the two married in 1951。 Despite the discrimination he faced， Medgar loved his home state of Mississippi and wanted equal opportunities for his family。 He believed that by bringing change to Mississippi， the entire country could be transformed。 However， the cause he took up became the third wheel in his marriage with Myrlie and eventually consumed their lives。 Medgar was marked for death， but he was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for social justice。 He and Myrlie knew their love story would eventually end in tragedy。 。。。more
Anniee Bee
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