{"product_id":"medgar-and-myrlie-medgar-evers-and-the-love-story-that-awakened-america-9780063068803","title":"Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNAACP Image Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's extraordinary activism after her husband's assassination in the driveway of their Mississippi home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Medgar Evers deserves a place alongside Malcolm X and Dr. King in our historical memory. Evers, with Myrlie as his partner in activism and in life, was doing civil rights work in the single most hostile and dangerous environment in America.\"--from \u003cem\u003eMedgar and Myrlie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyrlie Louise Beasley met Medgar Evers on her first day of college. They fell in love at first sight, married just one year later, and Myrlie left school to focus on their growing family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedgar became the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, charged with beating back the most intractable and violent resistance to black voting rights in the country. Myrlie served as Medgar's secretary and confidant, working hand in hand with him as they struggled against public accommodations and school segregation, lynching, violence, and sheer despair within their state's \"black belt.\" They fought to desegregate the intractable University of Mississippi, organized picket lines and boycotts, despite repeated terroristic threats, including the 1962 firebombing of their home, where they lived with their three young children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers became the highest profile victim of Klan-related assassination of a black civil rights leader at that time; gunned down in the couple's driveway in Jackson. In the wake of his tragic death, Myrlie carried on their civil rights legacy; writing a book about Medgar's fight, trying to win a congressional seat, and becoming a leader of the NAACP in her own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking and thrilling account of two heroes of the civil rights movement, Joy-Ann Reid uses Medgar and Myrlie's relationship as a lens through which to explore the on-the-ground work that went into winning basic rights for Black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReid, Joy-Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoy-Ann Reid\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eMedgar and Myrlie\u003c\/em\u003e, which won an NAACP Image Award. She hosted MSNBC's prime-time show \u003cem\u003eThe ReidOut \u003c\/em\u003efor five years, and she previously hosted \u003cem\u003eAM Joy \u003c\/em\u003eon weekends. Her other books include the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story\u003c\/em\u003e. The former managing editor of The Grio, Reid has had columns appearing in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Guardian, The Miami Herald, New York, \u003c\/em\u003e and The Daily Beast. She lives in Maryland and Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187052937490,"sku":"9780063068803","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5122e33d-bfbe-44e0-8465-65b792f59ec4.jpg?v=1748510218","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/medgar-and-myrlie-medgar-evers-and-the-love-story-that-awakened-america-9780063068803","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}