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The heroism of those involved in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus
boycott is presented here in poignant and thorough detail. The
untold stories of those, both black and white, whose lives were
forever changed by the boycott are shared, along with a chilling
glimpse into the world of the white council members who tried to
stop them. In the end, the boycott brought Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr to prominence and improved the lives of all black Americans.
Based on extensive interviews conducted over decades and culled
from thousands of exclusive documents, this behind-the-scenes
examination details the history of violence and abuse on the city
buses. A look at Martin Luther King, Jr's trial, an examination of
how black and white lawyers worked together to overturn segregation
in the courtroom, and even firsthand accounts from the
segregationists who bombed the homes of some of Montgomery's most
progressive ministers are included. This fast-moving story reads
like a legal thriller but is based solely on documented facts and
firsthand accounts, presenting the compelling and never-before-told
stories of the beginning of the end of segregation.
Author William Bradford Huie was one of the most celebrated figures
of twentieth-century journalism. A pioneer of ""checkbook
journalism,"" he sought the truth in controversial stories when the
truth was hard to come by. In the case of James Earl Ray, Huie paid
Ray and his original attorneys $40,000 for cooperation in
explaining his movements in the months before Martin Luther King's
assassination and up to Ray's arrest weeks later in London. Huie
became a major figure in the investigation of King's assassination
and was one of the few persons able to communicate with Ray during
that time. Huie, a friend of King, writes that he went into his
investigation of Ray believing that a conspiracy was behind King's
murder. But after retracing Ray's movements through California,
Louisiana, Mexico, Canada, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, and
London, Huie came to believe that James Earl Ray was a pathetic
petty criminal who hated African Americans and sought to make a
name for himself by murdering King. He Slew the Dreamer was
originally published in 1970 soon after Ray went to prison and was
republished in 1977, but was out of print until the 1997 edition,
published with the cooperation of Huie's widow. This new edition
features an essay by scholar Riche Richardson that provides fresh
insight, and it includes the 1977 prologue, which Huie wrote
countering charges by members of Congress, the King family, and
others who claimed the FBI had aided and abetted Ray. In 1970,
1977, 1997, and now, He Slew the Dreamer offers a remarkably
detailed examination of the available evidence at the time the
murder occurred and an invaluable resource to current debates over
the King assassination.
Author William Bradford Huie was one of the most celebrated figures
of twentieth-century journalism. A pioneer of ""checkbook
journalism,"" he sought the truth in controversial stories when the
truth was hard to come by. In the case of James Earl Ray, Huie paid
Ray and his original attorneys $40,000 for cooperation in
explaining his movements in the months before Martin Luther King's
assassination and up to Ray's arrest weeks later in London. Huie
became a major figure in the investigation of King's assassination
and was one of the few persons able to communicate with Ray during
that time. Huie, a friend of King, writes that he went into his
investigation of Ray believing that a conspiracy was behind King's
murder. But after retracing Ray's movements through California,
Louisiana, Mexico, Canada, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, and
London, Huie came to believe that James Earl Ray was a pathetic
petty criminal who hated African Americans and sought to make a
name for himself by murdering King. He Slew the Dreamer was
originally published in 1970 soon after Ray went to prison and was
republished in 1977, but was out of print until the 1997 edition,
published with the cooperation of Huie's widow. This new edition
features an essay by scholar Riche Richardson that provides fresh
insight, and it includes the 1977 prologue, which Huie wrote
countering charges by members of Congress, the King family, and
others who claimed the FBI had aided and abetted Ray. In 1970,
1977, 1997, and now, He Slew the Dreamer offers a remarkably
detailed examination of the available evidence at the time the
murder occurred and an invaluable resource to current debates over
the King assassination.
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