The kneeling man : my father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
(2023)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
976.819/SELETZKY,L
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023
EDITION
First Counterpoint edition
DESCRIPTION
287 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781640094727, 1640094725 :, 1640094725, 9781640094727
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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."--