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Dangerous friendship : Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy brothers / Ben Kamin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kamin, Ben, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Communists--United States--Biography.
- Communists.
- United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
- United States.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Friends and associates.
- King, Martin Luther.
- Levison, Stanley D., 1912-1979.
- Levison, Stanley D.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Other Title:
- Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy brothers
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Comm
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62895-004-8
- 1-60917-416-X
- OCLC:
- 878130613
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