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The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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A memoir and exploration of the recent past attempting to understand the author's complex father, Marrell (Mac) McCollough, a member of the Black Power movement and an undercover agent for the Memphis Police Department who later went on to work for the CIA, immortalized as one of the figures huddled around Dr. King in the photo of his assassination at the Lorraine Motel.
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"The publisher promotes this account with a blurb calling it a 'searing portrait of a man divided between his country and his identity,' but that description is not entirely apt."
"The result is a nuanced and insightful look at the complex spaces African Americans have navigated in the pursuit of racial justice."
"While Seletzky keeps the focus on her father's story, his experiences and observations make intriguing contributions to the MLK assassination canon."
"Seletzky's approach is nuanced, weaving her father's story and its many loose threads into her own ..."
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