President Kennedy also asked him to distance himself from Hunter Pitts O'Dell, who King was planning to promote to executive director of SCLC. As it turned out, King had already been forced to change his mind but had not made it public.
--William P. Jones, author ofThe March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights
-David Gewanter. Professor of English, Georgetown University. Michael Boylan's thought-provoking novel, "To the Promised Land," is a gem.
The first comprehensive political history of Oregon, To the Promised Land also examines the social and economic changes the state has pioneered during its almost two hundred years. Highlighting major...
Originally published in French by Uri Dan and Yossi Harel.