The kneeling man : my father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. /
Seletzky, Leta McCollough,
The kneeling man : my father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. / My father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Leta McCollough Seletzky. - First Counterpoint edition. - 287 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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.
"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"-- 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
9781640094727 1640094725
2022047271
McCollough, Marrell, 1944-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Assassination.
Seletzky, Leta McCollough.
Invaders (Black Power Group)--History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Police--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.
Undercover operations--Tennessee--Memphis.
African Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Memphis--20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Biography.
Biographies.
The kneeling man : my father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. / My father's life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Leta McCollough Seletzky. - First Counterpoint edition. - 287 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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.
"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"-- 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
9781640094727 1640094725
2022047271
McCollough, Marrell, 1944-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Assassination.
Seletzky, Leta McCollough.
Invaders (Black Power Group)--History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Police--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.
Undercover operations--Tennessee--Memphis.
African Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Memphis--20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Biography.
Biographies.