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Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr
- De: Michael Vinson Williams
- Narrado por: Brandon Church
- Duración: 19 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
This biography of a seminal civil rights leader draws on personal interviews from Myrlie Evers-Williams (Evers's widow), his two remaining siblings, friends, grade-school-to-college schoolmates, and fellow activists to elucidate Evers as an individual, leader, husband, brother, and father. Extensive archival work in the Evers Papers, the NAACP Papers, oral history collections, FBI files, Citizen Council collections, and the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Papers, to list a few, provides a detailed account of Evers's NAACP work and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Narration
- De Estella Owoimaha en 10-02-17
- Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr
- De: Michael Vinson Williams
- Narrado por: Brandon Church
A detailed look
Revisado: 04-04-24
I enjoyed this listen as I got ready to visit Jackson, MS for the first time. The author’s emphasis on the need to understand our history resonates with this listener.
I found the first chapter a bit didactic in places making it slow to develop - but in other parts of the book I appreciated the deliberate pace as it helped illuminate the challenges Medgar faced and his growth as an American citizen, a Mississippian, a family man and a civil rights leader for the layman.
A final pass by the editorial committee would make listening a little easier - not a White House committee but rather a House committee hearing for instance.
I have a better appreciation of the man and his times after listening to the book which also meets my audio book selection criteria of hours per credit.
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