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A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement

Apr 18, 2025 · 45m
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  • MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tells the story of Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie, NAACP field secretary in Mississippi during the civil rights era
  • The narrative explores how the dangers of Medgar's work created marriage tension and how his 1963 assassination drove Myrlie to activism
  • Justin Chang reviews Ryan Coogler's Sinners supernatural thriller

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Joy-Ann Reid
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