| Description |
400 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm |
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"A Lawrence Schiller Book"--Title page. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Assassinated only sixty-two days apart in 1968, King and Kennedy changed the United States forever, and their deaths profoundly altered the country's trajectory. As trailblazers in the civil rights movement, leaders in their respective communities, and political powerhouses with enormous personal appeal, no single pairing of white and black ever mattered more in American history. In The Promise and the Dream, Margolick examines their unique bond and the complicated mix of mutual assistance, impatience, wariness, awkwardness, antagonism and admiration that existed between the two, documented with firsthand interviews from close sources, oral histories, FBI files, and previously untapped, contemporaneous newspaper accounts. Complemented by eighty-three revealing photographs by the foremost photojournalists of the period, The Promise and the Dream offers a compelling look at one of the most consequential but misunderstood relationships in our nation's history. |
| Subject |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
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| Added Author |
Brinkley, Douglas, author of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781948122269 |
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194812226X |
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