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Kneeling Man : My Father's Life As a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr by Leta McCollough Seletzky (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCounterpoint Press
ISBN-101640094725
ISBN-139781640094727
eBay Product ID (ePID)10057266424
Product Key Features
Book TitleKneeling Man : My Father's Life As a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Social Activists
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorLeta Mccollough Seletzky
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight20 oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-047271
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Reviews"An important and moving book that everyone should read. Leta is a talent." --Molly Jong-Fast, author of The Social Climber''s Handbook "Get comfortable, because once you start reading you will not be able to put this book down. The Kneeling Man is a spellbinding account of a daughter piecing together her father''s mysterious role witnessing the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. With gorgeous prose and emotional honesty, Leta McCollough Seletzky brings us on her journey to uncover deeply hidden family secrets and better understand our own." --Jennifer Taub, author of Big Dirty Money and Other People''s Houses "Millions of people recognize the photo, but until now hardly anyone has known the incredibly fascinating life story of the man at the center of it: undercover cop and future CIA agent Marrell McCollough. His daughter Leta captures the complexity and humanity of her father''s life in this deeply engrossing narrative, which is both an important work of history and an unforgettable family story." --David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross and The F.B.I. and Martin Luther King, Jr. "In The Kneeling Man , Leta McCollough Seletzky mixes reportage with personal reflection, helping readers understand a famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King by deftly exploring what exists outside the frame of the image. Through her deep dive into her father''s connection to that photograph--and by engaging with the harsh realities of the Southern past and civil rights era--Seletzky links her present with her father''s past by seeking to learn the truth about both, no matter how untidy or unpleasant that might be. This is a brave book." --W. Ralph Eubanks, author of A Place Like Mississippi and Ever Is a Long Time "A searing portrait of a man divided between his country and his identity. At once historical and timely, Seletzky gifts us a captivating, charged and wholly nuanced narrative that grips you from the first page and does not let go." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of A Kind of Freedom and On the Rooftop " The Kneeling Man , the captivating true story of Leta McCollough Seletzky''s father, a Memphis police officer who witnessed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, is a spy thriller and an intimate family portrait set deep in the Jim Crow south and an extraordinary inquiry of the civil rights movement in Memphis. Seletzky''s power is telling those details that bring the past into resonance, causing us to think and to feel in equal measure. Painstakingly researched and absolutely riveting, The Kneeling Man is one of those rare books that feel electric before you read the first page and long after you set it down. We''ll be talking about this book for a long time." --Lauren Hough, author of Leaving Isn''t the Hardest Thing " The Kneeling Man is the heretofore unknown story of a chapter of American history. It tells the life story of the author''s father, Marrell ''Mac'' McCollough, a witness to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the iconic photo of Dr. King lying on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in a pool of his blood, the man kneeling beside him is Marrell McCollough. The backstory to this historical image is that Mr. McCollough was an undercover Memphis police officer working on a local Black militant group known as the Invaders. Mr. McCollough is one of those unsung American heroes who history either ignores or has inadvertently forgotten. The telling of his unique story; from Mississippi childhood to the U.S. Army to the Memphis Police Department to the CIA, Mr. McCollough has lived the quintessential American life--NOT as a Black man but as an American--is inspiring and revelatory. He is a TRUE American hero! I wholeheartedly recommend Ms.Seletzky''s wonderful, thought provoking memoir of her father." --Ron Stallworth, author of Black Klansman, "An important and moving book that everyone should read. Leta is a talent." --Molly Jong-Fast, author of The Social Climber's Handbook "Millions of people recognize the photo, but until now hardly anyone has known the incredibly fascinating life story of the man at the center of it: undercover cop and future CIA agent Marrell McCullough. His daughter Leta captures the complexity and humanity of her father's life in this deeply engrossing narrative, which is both an important work of history and an unforgettable family story." --David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross and The F.B.I. and Martin Luther King, Jr. "In The Kneeling Man , Leta McCollough Seletzky mixes reportage with personal reflection, helping readers understand a famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King by deftly exploring what exists outside the frame of the image. Through her deep dive into her father's connection to that photograph--and by engaging with the harsh realities of the Southern past and civil rights era--Seletzky links her present with her father's past by seeking to learn the truth about both, no matter how untidy or unpleasant that might be. This is a brave book." --W. Ralph Eubanks, author of A Place Like Mississippi and Ever Is a Long Time "A searing portrait of a man divided between his country and his identity. At once historical and timely, Seletzky gifts us a captivating, charged and wholly nuanced narrative that grips you from the first page and does not let go." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of A Kind of Freedom and On the Rooftop, "A searing portrait of a man divided between his country and his identity. At once historical and timely, Seletzky gifts us a captivating, charged and wholly nuanced narrative that grips you from the first page and does not let go." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of A Kind of Freedom and On the Rooftop, "In The Kneeling Man , Leta McCollough Seletzky mixes reportage with personal reflection, helping readers understand a famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King by deftly exploring what exists outside the frame of the image. Through her deep dive into her father's connection to that photograph--and by engaging with the harsh realities of the Southern past and civil rights era--Seletzky links her present with her father's past by seeking to learn the truth about both, no matter how untidy or unpleasant that might be. This is a brave book." --W. Ralph Eubanks, author of A Place Like Mississippi and Ever Is a Long Time "A searing portrait of a man divided between his country and his identity. At once historical and timely, Seletzky gifts us a captivating, charged and wholly nuanced narrative that grips you from the first page and does not let go." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of A Kind of Freedom and On the Rooftop, "An important and moving book that everyone should read. Leta is a talent." --Molly Jong-Fast, author of The Social Climber's Handbook "Millions of people recognize the photo, but until now hardly anyone has known the incredibly fascinating life story of the man at the center of it: undercover cop and future CIA agent Marrell McCollough. His daughter Leta captures the complexity and humanity of her father's life in this deeply engrossing narrative, which is both an important work of history and an unforgettable family story." --David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross and The F.B.I. and Martin Luther King, Jr. "In The Kneeling Man , Leta McCollough Seletzky mixes reportage with personal reflection, helping readers understand a famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King by deftly exploring what exists outside the frame of the image. Through her deep dive into her father's connection to that photograph--and by engaging with the harsh realities of the Southern past and civil rights era--Seletzky links her present with her father's past by seeking to learn the truth about both, no matter how untidy or unpleasant that might be. This is a brave book." --W. Ralph Eubanks, author of A Place Like Mississippi and Ever Is a Long Time "A searing portrait of a man divided between his country and his identity. At once historical and timely, Seletzky gifts us a captivating, charged and wholly nuanced narrative that grips you from the first page and does not let go." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of A Kind of Freedom and On the Rooftop " The Kneeling Man , the captivating true story of Leta McCollough Seletzky's father, a Memphis police officer who witnessed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, is a spy thriller and an intimate family portrait set deep in the Jim Crow south and an extraordinary inquiry of the civil rights movement in Memphis. Seletzky's power is telling those details that bring the past into resonance, causing us to think and to feel in equal measure. Painstakingly researched and absolutely riveting, The Kneeling Man is one of those rare books that feel electric before you read the first page and long after you set it down. We'll be talking about this book for a long time." --Lauren Hough, author of Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing " The Kneeling Man is the heretofore unknown story of a chapter of American history. It tells the life story of the author's father, Marrell 'Mac' McCollough, a witness to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the iconic photo of Dr. King lying on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in a pool of his blood, the man kneeling beside him is Marrell McCollough. The backstory to this historical image is that Mr. McCollough was an undercover Memphis police officer working on a local Black militant group known as the Invaders. Mr. McCollough is one of those unsung American heroes who history either ignores or has inadvertently forgotten. The telling of his unique story; from Mississippi childhood to the U.S. Army to the Memphis Police Department to the CIA, Mr. McCollough has lived the quintessential American life--NOT as a Black man but as an American--is inspiring and revelatory. He is a TRUE American hero! I wholeheartedly recommend Ms.Seletzky's wonderful, thought provoking memoir of her father." --Ron Stallworth, author of Black Klansman
SynopsisBCALA Literary Award Winner Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award The intimate and heartbreaking story of a Black undercover police officer who famously kneeled by the assassinated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr--and a daughter's quest for the truth about her father In the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of Memphis's Lorraine Motel, one man kneeled down beside King, trying to staunch the blood from his fatal head wound with a borrowed towel. This kneeling man was a member of the Invaders, an activist group that was in talks with King in the days leading up to the murder. But he also had another identity: an undercover Memphis police officer reporting on the activities of this group, which was thought to be possibly dangerous and potentially violent. This kneeling man is Leta McCollough Seletzky's father. Marrell McCollough was a Black man working secretly with the white power structure, a spy. This was so far from her understanding of what it meant to be Black in America, of everything she eventually devoted her life and career to, that she set out to learn what she could about his life, his actions and motivations. But with that decision came risk. What would she uncover about her father, who went on to a career at the CIA, and did she want to bear the weight of knowing?
LC Classification NumberF444.M553M336 2023
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