A Word: Love, Family, and Freedoms Ultimate Price
b'Myrlie Evers was arguably the first civil rights widow, a woman who was plunged into activism after the assassination of her husband\\u2014Mississippi NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers\\u2014in 1963. She survived to become a leader of the movement in her own right. But what\\u2019s less well known is the remarkable story of how the couple came together, and how their love endures, decades after his death. On today\\u2019s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by journalist Joy-Ann Reid to talk about her book, Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America.\\n\\nGuest: Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC\\u2019s The ReidOut\\n\\nPodcast production by Ahyiana Angel\\n\\nWant more A Word? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking \\u201cTry Free\\u201d at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/awordplus to get access wherever you listen.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'