"the long-awaited, definitive account of one of the most important, underreported events of the 1960s. As important for its historical aspect as it is for understanding where we are today."
George Pelecanos



January 12, 2009
Today is the official launch of A Nation on Fire. Buy it at any of the vendors listed to the right by clicking on the icon.

Tomorrow is my first official reading from A Nation on Fire . It's at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. Come by at 7 pm. And if you show up, you might get on TV! CSPAN will be there, taping the event.

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April 4th, 1968: CBS News reports the assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King.



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