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"REDEMPTION" CHRONICLES THE LAST 31 HOURS IN THE LIFE OF DR. KING

In Redemption, Joseph Rosenbloom explores the last thirty-one hours and twenty-eight minutes of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. An intimate portrait of Dr. King’s final hours, the book draws on dozens of interviews, archival documents, and photos to paint a riveting picture of the complex circumstances leading up to his death. With publication timed for the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination, the book has launched to tremendous accolades, including starred reviews in Booklist and Foreword and praise from New York Times columnist Charles Blow who called it ‘immersive, humanizing, and demystifying.” Excerpts have run in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Salon, The Guardian and in Parade.com. An original essay from the author is running at Time.com as a part of their MLK 50th anniversary special, a short review is in the current issue of Christian Century, and a Q&A in the Smithsonian’s subscription e-newsletter.  The author recently recorded an interview with NPR’s Morning  Edition for their coverage from Memphis. Some of the other radio coverage includes Make It Plain with Mark Thompson, In Black America, The Karen Hunter Show, and Radio Boston. In addition to numerous forthcoming broadcast interviews, the author has a robust speaking schedule, including at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

HONORING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND DR. KING IN “A MORE BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE HISTORY”

 Jeanne Theoharis’s A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History has earned impressive media coverage and praise since its January 30th release. Now, as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the book continues to be spotlighted, including in a recent New York Times  write-up about three new documentaries on Dr. King. The Times has been a fan of the book from the start, with a daily section review followed by a book recommendation listing.  Other coverage includes praise from O Magazine, Bitch, and Slate,  a Q&A in Pacific Standard , excerpts in LitHub, Ms., The Guardian, Religion Dispatches, and Salon, and articles by the author in Time.com, and in The Atlantic and Boston Review special King issues.  Radio interviews have included NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered, WNYC’s Midday,  and Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!  Bill Goldstein gave the book a big thumbs up on his NBC New York segment and Trevor Noah gave it a shout out on The Daily Show.