When Harlem nearly killed King : the 1958 stabbing of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Title:

When Harlem nearly killed King : the 1958 stabbing of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author:

Pearson, Hugh.

Personal Author:

Pearson, Hugh.

Edition:

Seven stories press first edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Seven Stories Press, [2002]

Physical Description:

138 pages ; 22 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Where do we go from here? -- A tight race -- Putting the right spin on a huge embarrassment -- Taking the kid-glove approach -- Why isn't King signing books at my bookstore? -- Not quite in touch with reality -- Stride toward critical acclaim -- Crisis -- Why did they take King to Harlem Hospital? -- Waiting for Little Napoleon -- Roots -- Saving King -- Convalescence -- Subsequent fates.

Personal Subject:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968-Assassination attempt, 1958.

Corporate Subject:

Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.) -- History.

Subject Term:

Attempted murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Stab wounds -- Treatment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations.

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951-

New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations.