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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Bonus: Joy Reid & Rachel Maddow Live at the Apollo

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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4.53.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC hosts Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow teamed up for a live event at the historic Apollo Theater in New York City. They discussed Joy’s New York Times bestselling book, "Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America," and how the mission of these civil rights pioneers is now more urgent than ever.

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0:00.0

The Oh, Isn't it great to be at the Apollo?

0:33.0

I grew up coming to this place.

0:35.0

I grew up coming to this place so many times and this tonight is special. I thought

0:50.6

about when I was coming in backstage.

0:53.4

I've been on this stage with Godfather Soul James Brown,

0:57.4

who was like a father, and Michael Jackson,

1:01.3

and this goes on. But you're going to have something

1:04.7

that is special at the Apollo because you're going to have two icons that are

1:10.3

going to talk about their work and talk about what they do in this country that

1:16.2

is so needed at this time.

1:18.3

It couldn't be a better night at the Apollo.

1:20.8

This is not just a great show tonight. This is history.

1:24.4

So.

1:25.4

So it is my honor and my pleasure that I can't tonight bring you to Godfather soul

1:39.3

But I bring you to godmother of woke.

1:47.0

Rachel Madhow. Rachel Madhow.

1:48.0

I got you on that one.

1:55.0

I'm going to that one.

1:57.0

I'm going to get some stuff there.

2:00.0

Thank you. Wow, how you're doing?

2:13.0

How you doing you Rachel?

2:25.0

Hi.

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