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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Criminal Trial That Launched the Civil Rights Movement
Hanover Square Press
June 2022
On Sale: May 24, 2022
Featuring: Dr. Martin Luther King
384 pages ISBN: 1335475192 EAN: 9781335475190 Kindle: B09GBGV9Q6 Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography | Historical
Fred D. Gray was just twenty-four years old when he became the defense lawyer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young minister who had become the face of the bus boycott that had rocked the city of in Montgomery, Alabama. In this incredible history, Gray takes us behind the scenes of that landmark case, including such unforgettable moments as: *Martin Luther King's courageous response to a bomb threat on his own home *Poignant, searing testimony that exposed the South's racist systems to an worldwide audience *The conspiracy to destroy Gray's career and draft him into the Vietnam War *The unforgettable moment when a Supreme Court ruling brought the courtroom to a halt Alabama v. King captures a pivotal moment in the fight for quality, from the eyes of the lawyer who Dr. King called " “the brilliant young leader who later became the chief counsel for the protest movement."
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