03317nam 2200649 450 991078937460332120230803202045.01-62895-004-81-60917-416-X(CKB)3710000000094552(EBL)1810023(SSID)ssj0001135948(PQKBManifestationID)11676394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001135948(PQKBWorkID)11101827(PQKB)10508329(MiAaPQ)EBC3338355(OCoLC)878130613(MdBmJHUP)muse35259(MiAaPQ)EBC1810023(Au-PeEL)EBL3338355(CaPaEBR)ebr10851552(OCoLC)923250695(Au-PeEL)EBL1810023(EXLCZ)99371000000009455220140406h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDangerous friendship Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy brothers /Ben KaminEast Lansing, Michigan :Michigan State University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61186-131-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. 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 men. Because of Levison's former ties to the CommStanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy brothersAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCommunistsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1961-1963African AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryCommunists323.092/2Kamin Ben1495600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789374603321Dangerous friendship3821576UNINA