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The kneeling man : my father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

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. But he also had another 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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781640094727
ISBN: 1640094725
ISBN: 9781640094734
Physical Description: print
287 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Edition: First Counterpoint edition.
Publisher: Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

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Formatted Contents Note:

Explosion -- The photograph -- Blues Highway -- Delta -- Black nights keep falling -- World view -- Induction -- Everybody's guilty, everybody's innocent -- Strike -- Be concerned about your brother -- Occupier -- MEM, ATL -- Triggerman -- Blown -- Invader -- Narco-9 -- Flag - CIA, Langley, Virginia -- Search for meaning -- A very cold trail -- Land -- Work of a nation.