When Harlem Nearly Killed King
The 1958 Stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
$22.83
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
When Harlem Nearly Killed King spins the tale of a little-known episode in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. how, in 1958, King was stabbed by a deranged black woman in Harlem, and then saved by Harlem Hospital’s most acclaimed African-American surgeon, using a little known and difficult procedure.Pearson recreates America at the dawn of the civil rights movement, and in so doing probes and examines the living body politic of the nation, black and white, and shows us how change really o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583226148 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583226141 |
| Author: | Hugh Pearson |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 166g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm |
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Critics Review
“This fact-filled foray into a harrowing day in King’s life, and the political environment of Harlems and of the [civil rights] movement makes for interesting reading.”
About The Author
Hugh Pearson
Descended from generations of African-American surgeons-including his great-uncle, who was the first Negro surgeon in south Georgia and who built the largest private hospital for blacks in the state-HUGH PEARSON’s distinctive voice weaves autobiography and investigative journalism to offer a unique window of understanding into the nature of the American experience. He was the author of Under the Knife- How a Wealthy Negro Surgeon Wielded Power in the Jim Crow South (2000), which The New York Times called “a moving passionate story,” of “a poignancy transcending issues of race.” His previous book was The Shadow of the Panther- Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America, a New York Times Notable Book of 1994. Pearson was also a former columnist for the Village Voice. He died in 2005.
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