When Harlem Nearly Killed King HUgh Pe a r son
When Harlem Nearly Killed King spins the tale of a little-known episode in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1958, in the wake of the Montgomery bus boycott, King was stabbed by a deranged black woman in Harlem, and then saved by Harlem Hospital’s most acclaimed African American surgeon. HUGH PEARSON (1957–2005) was descended from generations of AfricanAmerican surgeons, including his great-uncle, who was the first Negro surgeon in south Georgia and built the largest private hospital for blacks in the state. He is the author of Under the Knife: How a Wealthy Negro Surgeon Wielded Power in the Jim Crow South (2000) and The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America, a New York Times Notable Book of 1994.
Ages 12 and up TR • $11.95 • 978-1-58322-614-8 HC • $18.95 • 978-1-58322-274-4 5.5" x 8.25" • 112 pages