No issue in america in the 1960s was more vital than civil rights, and no two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist David Margolick explores the untold story of the complex and ever-evolving relationship between these two American icons. Assassinated only sixty-two days apart in 1968, King and Kennedy changed the United States forever, and their deaths profoundly altered the country’s trajectory. In The Promise and the Dream, Margolick examines their unique bond and the complicated […]
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David Rubenstein on "The American Story" | 2019 National Book Festival
Marie Arana on "Silver, Sword, and Stone" | 2019 National Book Festival
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on "Stony the Road" and "Dark Sky" | 2019 National Book Festival
David Treuer on "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee" | 2019 National Book Festival
Beth Macy on "DopeSick" | 2019 National Book Festival
Jarrett J. Krosoczka on "Hey, Kiddo" | 2019 National Book Festival
José Andrés on "Vegetables Unleashed" and "We Fed an Island" | 2019 National Book Festival
Sarah Vowell | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series | University of Michigan
Sarah Vowell | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series | University of Michigan
Rebecca and Floyd Skloot on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks at the 2019 AWP Book Fair
Sue William Silverman on "Because I Remember Terror..." at the 2019 AWP Book Fair
Keith S. Wilson on Fieldnotes on "Ordinary Love" at the 2019 AWP Book Fair
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