kennedy publicly committed to introducing a civil rights act medgar had fought for, medgar and myrlieet in college, when he was a 25-year-old world war ii veteran, and she was a naive 17-year-old freshman, a singer with a knack for the piano who performed with a segregated girls group. it became a reluctant civil rights partnership. when medgar was assassinated, it launched myrlie on a decades-long quest for justice and a civil rights legacy of her own. this is and i am very excited to share with my readout fandom, because i love history, and i think it needs to be shared. if you want to check it out, you can scan that code on your screen to preorder. the book officially goes on sale february 26th, 2024. you can find out more at msnbc.com slash medgar and -- we'll be right back. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. shingles. some describe it as pulsing electric shocks or sharp, stabbing pains. ♪♪ this painful, blistering rash can disrupt your life for weeks. a pain so intense, you could miss out on family time. the virus that causes shingles is likely already inside of you. if yo

we have to include people like medgar evers, these black veterans. there were thousands of black veterans who came back to form the backbone of the civil rights movement to highlight just a couple here, rosa williams worked alongside dr. martin luther king jr to help found the southern christian leadership conference. williams earned a purple heart for his in europe. debbie johnson roundtree was in the women's army corps. she uses gi bill to attend howard university law and found a firm in washington dc helps a win. very important civil rights cases. and then of course, you know, the brown versus board decision of 1954, linda brown was at the center of that. her father, oliver brown, was a veteran. and part of his desire to fight equal rights is because of his service service. i'll conclude with this. robert madison fought with the 92nd infantry in italy. his oral history is one of those recorded by the world war two museum here in laurel. in just one piece they use for evidence for this book, madison describes a trip to a bookstore late in his life

or medgar made the mistake of turning them out in their driveway. mm hmm. and they can shoot. mm hmm. and that seems to me the. the right of the dominant tribe. mm hmm. over anybody they claim to feel threatened by. and so i draw a parallel between that and slaveholders who were automatically raped in so many ways. mm hmm. back in the day. and god forbid, if it was a woman who was challenging. yeah. so if you could comment about that, about the historical connections between those. yeah, absolutely. i mean, i think that policing authority. right. legal authority holds a particular place in our society and how it's organized. right. and so what's interesting about the early 19th century is that you didn't have to be an officer. you could just be a local or part of the local white militia. right. you know, and be operating in an official capacity. right. and so, if anything, things were even more informal. right. during those earlier periods in time. but what i think the through line here is is right. the anti-black violence that has become so normalized in our society today and

or medgar made the mistake of turning them out in their driveway. mm hmm. and they can shoot.m hmm. and that seems to me the. the right of the dominant tribe. mm hmm. over anybody they claim to feel threatened by. and so i draw a parallel between that and slaveholders who were automatically raped in so many ways. mm hmm. back in the day. and god forbid, if it was a woman who was challenging. yeah. so if you could comment about that, about the historical connections between those. yeah, absolutely. i mean, i think that policing authority. right. legal authority holds a particular place in our society and how it's organized. right. and so what's interesting about the early 19th century is that you didn't have to be an officer. you could just be a local or part of the local white militia. right. you know, and be operating in an official capacity. right. and so, if anything, things were even more informal. right. during those earlier periods in time. but what i think the through line here is is right. the anti-black violence that has become so normalized in our society today and a

be here, own insurance companies, to be insurance salesmen, a little young insurance salesman named medgar evers. he since mamie till up to chicago to talk to one of his old insurance brokers. his name was reverend franklin revenge for aretha franklin's father. so it's almost like all the black people in the civil rights history in history are connected somehow. the tree. howard so as he has a real house sized impact a when you consider we don't really know. mm we don't really bring up his name lot jason go one more. so i like to know your perspective on the 13th amendment because our to fight is really to our freedom and. it's like that's like the dirty little amendment that keeps getting passed along as a way of being able to have law to control people or propagate slavery. so the except this punishment for a crime is what you're talking, but you to the thing about the 13th amendment as it relates also to the civil rights act of 1960. well so it relates to the civil rights act of 19. so the thing about the 13th amendment was like the black people who proposed the end of slavery had propo

king, like malcolm x, medgar evers-- that they all get assassinated, ♪ ♪ and there were people who literallyty, that if i vote for him and put him in that position, they are going to try to kill him." narrator: michelle obama had hit south carolina early to address the issue head-on. - she goes right into orangeburg, and she, in her own way, directly and clearly said to the crowd that was gathering, "i know you're afraid. i have those same fears, but we have to conquer those fears." - and i equate it to, like, you know, we all have that aunt, that grandmother that bought all that new furniture, spent our life savings on it, and then what did she do? she puts plastic on it to protect it. [laughter] - look, don't treat him like your grandmother's living room furniture that's covered in plastic. we can't protect him. we have to take the plastic off, and that--and that just rang so true to so many people. - let's prove to our children that they can really reach for their dreams. i want that for my girls. let's show them that america is ready for barack obama today, right now. [applause] - i was

be here, own insurance companies, to be insurance salesmen, a little young insurance salesman named medgarrs. he since mamie till up to chicago to talk to one of his old insurance brokers. his name was reverend franklin revenge for aretha franklin's father. so it's almost like all the black people in the civil rights history in history are connected somehow. the tree. howard so as he has a real house sized impact, a when you consider we don't really know. mm we don't really bring up his name lot jason go one more. so i like to know your perspective on the 13th amendment because our to fight is really to our freedom and. it's like that's like the dirty little amendment that keeps getting passed along as a way of being able to have law to control people or propagate slavery. so the except this punishment for a crime is what you're talking, but you to the thing about the 13th amendment, as it relates also to the civil rights act of 1960. well, so it relates to the civil rights act of 19. so the thing about the 13th amendment was like the black people who proposed the end of slavery had propos

one is medgar evers, who's the naacp field secretary who shot hours after john f kennedy finest moment as president june 11, 63, where he gives his civil address. the second tragedy is september 15th, 1963. and for african-american, really, 11 to 13 years old. girls are young women are killed in a in a terrorist bombing attack. that 16th street baptist church is the same church that condoleezza rice, his family, went to in birmingham. so they targeted this upper middle class, elite church on purpose. right. and then the third tragedy, obviously enormous, is john f kennedy in dallas, texas. so lyndon johnson inherits, a country that is in a national roiling crisis, one of the first things he does is have conversations by, phone and bringing to the white house like martin luther king jr, people like roy wilkins, the whole civil establishment. and he tells them that not only am i with you, but i'm going to be sort of the best ally friend you ever had. right. to the point where as soon as dr. king comes from that meeting, he's gushing to his own people, i think we may struck gold here. you

one is medgar evers, who's the naacp field secretary who shot hours after john f kennedy finest moments president june 11, 63, where he gives his civil address. the second tragedy is september 15th, 1963. and for african-american, really, 11 to 13 years old. girls are young women are killed in a in a terrorist bombing attack. that 16th street baptist church is the same church that condoleezza rice, his family, went to in birmingham. so they targeted this upper middle class, elite church on purpose. right. and then the third tragedy, obviously enormous, is john f kennedy in dallas, texas. so lyndon johnson inherits, a country that is in a national roiling crisis, one of the first things he does is have conversations by, phone and bringing to the white house like martin luther king jr, people like roy wilkins, the whole civil establishment. and he tells them that not only am i with you, but i'm going to be sort of the best ally friend you ever had. right. to the point where as soon as dr. king comes from that meeting, he's gushing to his own people, i think we may struck gold here. you k

one is medgar evers, who's the naacp field secretary who shot hours after john f kennedy finest moment as president june 11, 63, where he gives his civil address. the second tragedy is september 15th, 1963. and for african-american, really, 11 to 13 years old. girls are young women are killed in a in a terrorist bombing attack. that 16th street baptist church is the same church that condoleezza rice, his family, went to in birmingham. so they targeted this upper middle class, elite church on purpose. right. and then the third tragedy, obviously enormous, is john f kennedy in dallas, texas. so lyndon johnson inherits, a country that is in a national roiling crisis, one of the first things he does is have conversations by, phone and bringing to the white house like martin luther king jr, people like roy wilkins, the whole civil establishment. and he tells them that not only am i with you, but i'm going to be sort of the best ally friend you ever had. right. to the point where as soon as dr. king comes from that meeting, he's gushing to his own may struck gold here. you know, even though,

. >> as you may have heard, somewhere, a timer too, my book medgar him early is coming on just two weekse road. i will be in their hometown of jackson, cisa, be at the civil rights museum on tuesday, february 13 it's x pm. on february 15th i will be at kamala pomona collagen clermont, california, at seven pm. i'm fiber 26 i'll be at politics and prose in washington d.c. at seven pm. be sure to go to nbc.com to get your tickets in the full tour scheduled. you can also scan the cute little q r code on your screen right now to preorder the book and if you are a barnes & noble member, go to barnes not com and get your copy between now and january 26th to get a 25% off. we love a discount. and that is tonight's reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> t >> tonight in all in. >> i can go up and say to anybody, and thank you for the victories, wonderful.

one is medgar evers, who's the naacp field secretary who shot hours after john f kennedy finest moment as president june 11, 63, where he gives his civil address. the second tragedy is september 15th, 1963. and for african-american, really, 11 to 13 years old. girls are young women are killed in a in a terrorist bombing attack. that 16th street baptist church is the same church that condoleezza rice, his family, went to in birmingham. so they targeted this upper middle class, elite church on purpose. right. and then the third tragedy, obviously enormous, is john f kennedy in dallas, texas. so lyndon johnson inherits, a country that is in a national roiling crisis, one of the first things he does is■k have conversations by, phone and bringing to the white house like martin luther king jr, people like roy wilkins, the whole civil establishment. and he tells them that not only am i with you, but i'm going to be sort of the best ally friend you ever had. right. to the point where as soon as dr. king comes from that meeting, he's gushing to his own people, i think we may struck gold here. y

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you can go to msnbc slash medgar & myrlie to get tickets. or scan the qr code on your screen now to preorder the book. happy birthday, downtown sterling brown. next weeks reidout. inside with jen psaki, live from new hampshire starts now! jen? >> i need a book. can you drop one by my office! >> i will, it's on the way. >> i'll see you in d.c. in a few days! see >> you soon. >> well, it is officially election eve here in manchester, new hampshire. just hours from now voters will cast their ballots for the first-in-the-nation primary. even though new hampshire is just the second contest of the 2024 election cycle. it could very well be the end of the republican race. yes, the primary race could be wrapped up tomorrow night. before january even comes to a close. of course it's not truly over until it is over. as of last night, with florida governor desantis dropping out, this is now finally the one-on-one race that nikki haley has, won is the one that she has been asking for and right now on the eve of this new hampshire primary, she is the onl

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it's to be medgar down in mississippi fighting jim crow, segregation. it's going to be the leadership of black officers and veterans, world war one, who are going to push back against the racial violence that happens during red summer, because oftentimes when we talk about red summer, it's only, you know, from the perspective of being killed. but in chicago, that wasn't the case because they had veterans setting up snipers, men picket. folks are. how in any who but thinking about the importance of military training and this is one of the reasons why you have that consistency of african-americans because the use of military training to defend their communities, their families is crucial because guess what they couldn't do during slavery. so now they can have guns and they had them and now they do fight back. and they did so, for example, the tulsa massacre right. how many of you watched the watchmen love show, right? it begins, unfortunately, with it. well, fortunately begins with the tulsa massacre and for the first minute when that show aired, apparent

it's to be medgar down in mississippi fighting jim crow, segregation. it's going to be the leadership of black officers and veterans, world war one, who are going to push back against the racial violence that happens during red summer, because oftentimes when we talk about red summer, it's only, you know, from the perspective of being killed. but in chicago, that wasn't the case because they had veterans setting up snipers, men picket. folks are. how in any who but thinking about the importance of military training and this is one of the reasons why you have that consistency of african-americans because the use of military training to defend their communities, their families is crucial because guess what they couldn't do during slavery. so now they can have guns and they had them and now they do fight back. and they did so, for example, the tulsa massacre right. how many of you watched the watchmen love show, right? it begins, unfortunately, with it. well, fortunately begins with the tulsa massacre and for the first minute when that show aired, apparent

it was after the assassination of medgar evers in, mississippi. and evers funeral took place in jackson. and there was a lot of concern that that was going to result in more violence because there were marchers who wanted to protest beyond the funeral and there were a set of racist police officers who were eager to bust some heads. and in the breach, standing in between those two people, those two sets of people was john dore and i want to read a little vignette from a book called the race beat. and it was about press coverage of the civil rights movement. and it talked about that in tense moment. some of the younger marchers began hurling bottles, bricks and other items at the uniformed officers. there's a reflection by bill meiner, who was a columnist for paper in mississippi, and he was terrified about what was about to happen to jackson. and he said in the chaos and the oppressive heat, a lanky white man in a white shirt and a thin tie loosened at the collar, walked down the of fair street, urging calm. he was john doar, the assistant attorney