Comments for Can Assassins Really Kill You?

Caption: "The odd thing about assassins, Dr. King, is that they think they've killed you.", Credit: Chicago Sun Times, April 1968

Produced by Paul McDonald

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Summary: One white boy's recollections of Dr. King and Malcolm X.
 

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Review of Can Assassins Really Kill You?

I like Paul McDonald's easy, laid back style of writing and narrating. In this first-person essay, he talks about how little many of us who grew up in a white neighborhood knew about Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, and about his quest to learn more about these great men. This would be a nice commentary to drop in during Black History Month, or around Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's a straight read, with no music or introduction, and I think it holds up well as a self-contained piece.