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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches         Library Journal Review         Publisher Weekly Review         Summary     Table of Contents       More by this author     Sokol, Jason author.     Subjects     King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Public opinion.     King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Influence.     African Americans -- Social conditions.     Public opinion -- United States.     United States -- Race relations -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sokol, Jason author.       by title:      The heavens might cr...         MARC Display

The heavens might crack : the death and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Jason Sokol. by Sokol, Jason author. Subjects King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Public opinion.   King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Influence.   African Americans -- Social conditions.   Public opinion -- United States.   United States -- Race relations -- History. Publisher Info:  New York : Basic Books, 2018. Description:  343 pages : black & white illustrations ; 24 cm RDA Types:  text unmediated volume ISBN:  9780465055913 0465055915 9781541697393 1541697391 Format Book:  Summary:  "A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination On 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 King's 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 America's fraught racial past and present"-- "On 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 King's 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 America's fraught racial past and present"-- No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 323.092 SOK Display Area Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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