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When Harlem nearly killed King : the 1958 stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Hugh Pearson.
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When Harlem nearly killed King : the 1958 stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Hugh Pearson.

By Pearson, Hugh.

Published 2002 by Seven Stories Press, New York

ISBN 158322274X

Bib Id 376791

Description 138 p. ; 22 cm.

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Leader
cam a22 Ia 4500
LCCN
2001-7352
ISBN
158322274X (hbk.) : $18.95
Call #
364.1524 P
Author
Pearson, Hugh.
Title
When Harlem nearly killed King : the 1958 stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Hugh Pearson.
Description
138 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Where do we go from here? -- A tight race -- Putting the right spin on a huge embarrassment -- Taking the kid-glove approach -- Why isn't King signing books at my bookstore? -- Not quite in touch with reality -- Stride toward critical acclaim -- Crisis -- Why did they take King to Harlem Hospital? -- Waiting for Little Napoleon -- Roots -- Saving King -- Convalescence -- Subsequent fates.
Subject
Attempted murder--New York (State) New York--History--20th century.
Stab wounds--Treatment History--New York (State) New York--20th century.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1951
New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.

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