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

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

My father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (portion title)
Seletzky, Leta McCollough, (author.).

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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

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Subject:
McCollough, Marrell, 1944-
Seletzky, Leta McCollough.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Assassination.
Invaders (Black Power Group) > History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
Police > Tennessee > Memphis > Biography.
Undercover operations > Tennessee > Memphis.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century.
Police.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Biography.
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Biographies.

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