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Redemption : Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours / Joseph Rosenbloom.

Rosenbloom, Joseph, 1944- (author.). Jackson, JD, (narrator.).

Summary:

A close-up and intimate book about the last fateful hours of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life. It draws on dozens of interviews by the author with people who were immersed in the Memphis events, as well as on recently released documents from archives in Atlanta. The fresh material yields a wealth of illuminating detail, including a lapse, never before reported, by the Memphis Police Department to provide security for King. It unveils the financial and logistical predicament presented by the Poor People's Campaign. It recounts the emotional and marital pressures that were bedeviling King in the spring of 1968. Juxtaposed next to the narrative describing King's hours in Memphis is an account of what his assassin, James Earl Ray, was doing in Memphis during the same time. The book discloses how a series of uncannily lucky breaks enabled Ray, a bumbling convict on the lam, to construct a sniper's nest and shoot King.

Record details

ISBN: 9781520097381
ISBN: 1520097387
Physical Description: 6 audio discs (6 hr., 55 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: Holland, Ohio : Dreamscape Media, LLC, [2018]