When Harlem Nearly Killed King

Hugh Pearson

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Seven Stories Press,U.S.
05 February 2002

History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Black & Asian studies; Civil rights & citizenship; Political assassinations

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 occurs- painfully, not in one grand gesture, but in a thousand small and contradictory ways. As the story of When Harlem Nearly Killed King unfolds, it offers up surprising truths- how Harlem's leading black bookseller was snubbed by King and his entourage in favor of a Jewish-owned department store; and how the acclaimed surgeon seems not to have been the doctor responsible for the surgery. As truths and apocrypha clash in these pages, what emerges is a powerful picture of change in race perspectives in America, and how such change really occurs - reminding us today that race in America is still unfinished business.

By: Hugh Pearson
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 143mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781583222744
ISBN 10: 158322274X
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 05 February 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hugh Pearson, a former editorial page-writer at The Wall Street Journal, is the author, most recently, of Under the Knife: How a Wealthy Negro Surgeon Wielded Power in the Jim Crow South. He also wrote The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America, a New York Times Notable Book of 1994. He is also a former columnist for the Village Voice, and serves on the board of directors of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

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When Harlem Nearly Killed King

Hugh Pearson

$39.99

Hardback

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