Choosing Freedom Every Time

We’re wrapping up our series featuring Black Trailblazers, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have another guest who has broken barriers and basically created their own space as part of the national conversation, becoming the first black woman to anchor a cable primetime show. You may know her from her seat as a political analyst on MSNBC, or as the host of her own show, The ReidOut. It’s the amazing Joy Reid, everyone! Joy is a Harvard grad with a degree in visual and environmental studies and a concentration in documentary film. She also worked on the Florida branch of the Obama campaign. Her political writing prowess has landed her columns and articles everywhere; The New York Times, The New Republic, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and The New Yorker, to name a few. PLUS she has a new book coming out that she gives us a special peek into; it’s the important and moving story of slain Civil rights pioneer Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie, also an activist. It's not every day we get to talk to someone who brings the goods about so many profound topics—civil rights, the fight for reproductive rights, immigration issues, the sacrifice for equality—and she and Jen shy away from none of them here. Joy’s passion for calling out injustice and her unwavering belief that we all hold the keys to preserving our rights and our freedoms gives us a reason to believe that we all can be trailblazers toward sparking change in our world.

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CHECK OUT Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
➤ The Man Who Sold America Trump And The Unraveling of The American Story - book by Joy Reid: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Sold-A...

➤ Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Wakened America - book by Joy Reid: https://www.amazon.com/Medgar-Myrlie-...

➤ T.R.M. Howard - Black Physician Who Created a System of Affordable Health Care: https://www.independent.org/news/arti...

➤ Legislation in Georgia Regarding a Six Week Abortion Ban:https://www.reuters.com/legal/georgia...

➤ Meet the Press News Show: https://www.nbc.com/meet-the-press

➤ Gwen Ifill - American Journalist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Ifill

➤ Medgar & Myrlie Evers - Civil Rights Pioneers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_...

➤ Queen & Slim - Film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%...

➤ Manning Marable - Professor African American Studies/Columbia University:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manning...

➤ Emmitt Till’s Photo in Jet Magazine: https://time.com/4399793/emmett-till-...

➤ Sharon McMahon Instagram:  / sharonsaysso  


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➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid?ref_sr...
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