The Heavens Might Crack. The Death And Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr.

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Basic Books
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2018
Edition: First Edition

Description: 343 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with Kings death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassinationOn April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing figure -- scorned by many white Americans, worshipped by some African Americans and liberal whites, and deemed irrelevant by many black youth. In The Heavens Might Crack , historian Jason Sokol traces the diverse responses, both in America and throughout the world, to Kings death. Whether celebrating or mourning, most agreed that the final flicker of hope for a multiracial America had been extinguished.A deeply moving account of a country coming to terms with an act of shocking violence, The Heavens Might Crack is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Americas fraught racial past and present.

ISBN: 9780465055913