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

Author/creator Seletzky, Leta McCollough author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst Counterpoint edition.
Publication Info Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.
Copyright Notice ©2023
Description287 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title My father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Contents 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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract 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
Genre/formBiography.
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Genre/formHistory
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LCCN 2022047271
ISBN9781640094727 hardcover
ISBN1640094725 hardcover

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