The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: From "Solo" to Memphis

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Author: David J. Garrow

ISBN-10: 0300087314

ISBN-13: 9780300087314

Category: African American Political & Historical Biography

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In this sensational book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David J. Garrow documents the FBI's surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr., showing how the FBI employed electronic eavesdropping devices, paid informants, and anonymous letters in a vicious but unsuccessful effort to destroy the civil-rights leader. This edition includes a substantial new epilogue that draws on previously unrevealed documents to present fresh information on the FBI's surveillance of King. About the Author: David J. Garrow is Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University School of Law. He is the author of many books, including Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize.(Boston Globe) - Tom LongA remarkable document . . . meticulous . . . fascinating . . . chilling.