“Thisuntidy,honest,fascinatingaccountcompelsthereadertoreflectonprofoundquestionsofloyaltyandrace...Allofuswanttoseeourparentsasheroes.ItistoMs.Seletsky’sgreatcreditthatsheexploresthedepthsofherfather’sstorywithlove,hopeandcriticalrealism.“--TheWallStreetJournalTheintimateandheartbreakingstoryofaBlackundercoverpoliceofficerwhofamouslykneeledbytheassassinatedRev.Dr.MartinLutherKingJr--andadaughter’squestforthetruthaboutherfatherInthefamousphotographoftheassassinationofMartinLutherKingJr.onthebalconyofMemphis’sLorraineMotel,onemankneeleddownbesideKing,tryingtostaunchthebloodfromhisfatalheadwoundwithaborrowedtowel.ThiskneelingmanwasamemberoftheInvaders,anactivistgroupthatwasintalkswithKinginthedaysleadinguptothemurder.Buthealsohadanotheridentity:anundercoverMemphispoliceofficerreportingontheactivitiesofthisgroup,whichwasthoughttobepossiblydangerousandpotentiallyviolent.ThiskneelingmanisLetaMcColloughSeletzky’sfather.MarrellMcColloughwasaBlackmanworkingsecretlywiththewhitepowerstructure,aspy.ThiswassofarfromherunderstandingofwhatitmeanttobeBlackinAmerica,ofeverythingsheeventuallydevotedherlifeandcareerto,thatshesetouttolearnwhatshecouldabouthislife,hisactionsandmotivations.Butwiththatdecisioncamerisk.Whatwouldsheuncoveraboutherfather,whowentontoacareerattheCIA,anddidshewanttobeartheweightofknowing?
