The kneeling man my father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
In the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of Memphis's Lorraine Motel, one man kneeled down beside King, trying to staunch the blood from his fatal head wound with a borrowed towel. This kneeling man was a member of the Invaders, an activist group that wa...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
Counterpoint,
2023.
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| Edition: | First Counterpoint edition. |
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| Summary: | In the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of Memphis's Lorraine Motel, one man kneeled down beside King, trying to staunch the blood from his fatal head wound with a borrowed towel. This kneeling man was a member of the Invaders, an activist group that was in talks with King in the days leading up to the murder. He had a second identity: an undercover Memphis police officer reporting on the activities of this group, which was thought to be possibly dangerous and potentially violent. This kneeling man is Leta McCollough Seletzky's father. Seletzky set out to learn what she could about her father, the truth about his undercover work, and his subsequent career in the CIA. - adapted from publisher info and jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 287 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781640094727 1640094725 |
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