Clay Risen Signing and Discussion at Davis-Kidd
by Maria Browning
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When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, intense rioting broke out in cities across the United States. Yet despite the scope of the violence--in which a dozen people were killed in Chicago alone--this "signal moment in postwar American history" has received scant attention in discussions of the era. Clay Risen corrects that omission with A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination, which offers a riveting, detailed account of the riots and their political aftermath, as well as a fascinating portrait of Lyndon Johnson during some of the grimmest days of his presidency. Risen, a former Scene contributor who's found a national platform at The New Republic and other publications, will speak and sign A Nation on Fire.
Mon., Jan. 26, 7 p.m., 2009
Mon., Jan. 26, 7 p.m., 2009
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