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Podcast: SpyCast
Episode:

“The Kneeling Man” – with Leta McCollough Seletsky
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:13:08
Publish Date: 2023-07-11 11:00:00
Description:

Summary

Leta McCollough Seletsky (Website; Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to share the story of her father, the famous “Kneeling Man” – The man knelt next to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at his assassination at the Lorraine Motel in 1968. Leta is a litigator turned essayist and memoirist. 

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What You’ll Learn

Intelligence

  • The life and times of Marrell “Mac” McCollough 
  • The CIA connection between father and daughter
  • Black power and the counterintelligence program (or, COINTELPRO)
  • The conspiracies surrounding Dr. King’s assassination

Reflections

  • Coming to terms with the past … and present
  • Small but important steps of progress

And much, much more …

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Resources 

SURFACE SKIM

*Headline Resource*

*SpyCasts*

*Beginner Resources*

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DEEPER DIVE

Books

  • The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr., P. E. Joseph (Basic Books, 2021)
  • An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee, A. Goudsouzian, C. W. McKinney, et al. (The University Press of Kentucky, 2018) 
  • The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., J. Sokol (Basic Books, 2018) 
  • The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States, W. Churchill & J. V. Wall (South End Press, 2001) 

Primary Sources 
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