Two of the principal actors—Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy—are dead; the third—J. Edgar Hoover—holds most of the secrets to himself. In this reconstruction, the result of six years of analysis and detective work, a lawyer-turned-writer pieces together the facts about the disturbing case of Washington’s spying on Dr. King.
“By and large, as far as my white eyes could see, there is de facto desegregation in the Southern metropolis. Despite the turbulence following Martin Luther King’s assassination, bus riding continued pretty much as usual.”
Mr. Navasky presides over MONOCLE, an occasional journal of political satire, contributes to numerous magazines. and is at work on a book about the Department of Justice under Attorney General Robert Kennedy.