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Walking with Presidents
Alex Poinsett
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Description for Walking with Presidents
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
In the last weeks of the 1960 presidential race, Louis Martin pulled off a minor miracle. With two days to go before the election, this passionate civil rights advocate and Democratic activists put two million pamphlets into the hands of black voters across America, informing them of Senator John F. Kennedy's sympathetic phone call to Martin Luther King, Jr., then languishing in a Georgia prison. The center of gravity in black partisan support shifted, and Kennedy won by a hair. This is just one example of the remarkable influence Louis Martin had on national politics for more than four decades. ... Read more
In the last weeks of the 1960 presidential race, Louis Martin pulled off a minor miracle. With two days to go before the election, this passionate civil rights advocate and Democratic activists put two million pamphlets into the hands of black voters across America, informing them of Senator John F. Kennedy's sympathetic phone call to Martin Luther King, Jr., then languishing in a Georgia prison. The center of gravity in black partisan support shifted, and Kennedy won by a hair. This is just one example of the remarkable influence Louis Martin had on national politics for more than four decades. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847697410
SKU
V9780847697410
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About Alex Poinsett
Alex Poinsett is an award-winning journalist and author whose work has focused on urban and social issues. He was a contributor to Ebony magazine for 26 years. He lives in Chicago.
Reviews for Walking with Presidents
More than any other person, Louis Martin has paved the way for the significant involvement of black Americans at all levels of the Democratic party. . . . He is an extraordinary human being.
Ron Brown We didn't have many civil rights crises when I was in the White House because I was always on Louis Martin's side.
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Ron Brown We didn't have many civil rights crises when I was in the White House because I was always on Louis Martin's side.
... Read more