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Autore |
Kamin Ben |
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Dangerous friendship : Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy brothers / / Ben Kamin |
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East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-004-8 |
1-60917-416-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (269 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century |
Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century |
Communists - United States |
United States Politics and government 1961-1963 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cousin Stanley -- A walk in the Rose Garden -- From far Rockaway to Montgomery -- The Communist -- In friendship -- Harry Belafonte, Janet Levison, and a totally different "Kennedy" -- A stabbing in Harlem -- Stanley knew better -- Senator Kennedy is calling -- Martin, Stanley, and Clarence -- I am not now and have never been a member of the Communist Party -- I have a dream today -- The same thing is going to happen to me -- Lyndon Johnson, ping-pong, and Bobby's transformation -- Selma, Vietnam, and the gathering shadows -- Bobby prays in Indianapolis; Stanley weeps in Atlanta -- Afterword: negroes will not return to passivity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The product of long-concealed FBI surveillance documents, Dangerous Friendship chronicles a history of Martin Luther King Jr. that the government kept secret from the public for years. The book reveals the story of Stanley Levison, a well-known figure in the Communist Party-USA, who became one of King's closest friends and, effectively, his most trusted adviser. Levison, a Jewish attorney and businessman, became King's pro bono ghostwriter, accountant, fundraiser, and legal adviser. This friendship, however, created many complications for both |
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men. Because of Levison's former ties to the Comm |
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