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The Promise and the Dream
Written by David Margolick
Narrated by Lewis Arlt
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This look at two of the most influential men in the 1960s explores their legacy as advocates for civil rights and examines the challenges we continue to face today.
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David Margolick
David Margolick is an experienced writer and long-time contributing editor at Vanity Fair. He has written numerous books including Elizabeth and Hazel, Beyond Glory, and Strange Fruit. For fifteen years, he worked as a legal affairs correspondent and, among other assignments, covered the trial of O.J. Simpson. He currently resides in New York.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I found this to be an honest and straight forward account. Too many historians have an agenda to either whitewash or taint their subjects. Certainly my personal memories cloud my judgment and admiration. I was 8 when they were murdered.