“Kennedy and King” reviews
TIME: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Phone Call That Changed History
Before dawn, on Wednesday, October 26, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was sleeping in a prison cell in DeKalb County, Georgia, when sheriff deputies aimed their flashlight beams into his face and barked at him to get up.
Christian Science Monitor: ‘Kennedy and King’ portrays two giants of 1960s
“… thanks to Levingston’s impressive narrative skills, the spectacle of this president confronting the most divisive issue of his day is consistently fascinating.”
Newsday: Books on Kennedy
Much has been written about both John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., but this book . . .
Washington Post: Kennedy and King is “an important, new book” and “simply riveting”
“Comparing and contrasting disparate historical figures can easily be artificial, misleading, even gimmicky. Steven Levingston, however, has walked this tightrope magnificently.”
New York Post: ‘Kennedy and King’ may be hottest book of the summer
“Kennedy and King” by Steven Levingston, has a 50,000-copy first printing — and some industry observers are already picking it to turn into one of the hot political books of a long tumultuous summer . . .
USA Today — New and Noteworthy Books includes Kennedy and King
What it’s about: Examines the complicated relationship between President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booklist
In January 1963, African Americans earnestly hoped in vain for decisive federal action to mark the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, action giving belated substance to Lincoln’s promissory note. Levingston here recounts the story of how those cruelly disappointed hopes surged anew just five months later when . . .
Publishers Weekly
Levingston (Little Demon in the City of Light), nonfiction book editor at the Washington Post, comprehensively evaluates the antagonistic interplay of Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy during the civil rights movement.
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