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The autobiography of Medgar Evers
a hero's life and legacy revealed through his writings, letters, and speeches
By Evers-Williams, Myrlie & Evers, Medgar Wiley & Marable, Manning
- ISBN
- 978-0-46502-177-2
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 2005
June 2005 marks the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Evers, the civil rights leader and first Mississippi field secretary of the NAACP. His autobiography has been put together for the first time by his widow, Evers-Williams, and Marable (history, Columbia Univ.; W.E.B. DuBois: Black Radical Democrat ) from Evers's unpublished papers and personal collections as well as Evers-Williams's recollections. The resulting text resurrects the life, intellectual output, and creative legacy of the slain civil rights hero. Evers became a marked man throughout Mississippi as a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
