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Nothing Like Sunshine: A Story in the Aftermath of the MLK Assassination
Nothing Like Sunshine A Story in the Aftermath of the MLK Assassination Author:Ben Kamin A coming-of-age story based in the 1960s, NEW YORK TIMES contributor - Rabbi Ben Kamin - has written a definitive personal expression about race, friendship, and his personal love for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This is a story that spans a four-decade search for a lost high school chum, a deep misunderstanding, and a coming to terms with an Amer... more »ica painfully evolving from the assassination of MLK to the promise of Barack Obama.
The book is a remembrance of Kamin's life at Cincinnati's aging Woodward High School, a microcosm of the 1960s and of America itself, as well as a detailed account of Kamin's search for his friend Clifton, for America, for the key to understanding what race relations really are in the United States. Simultaneously, it is the story of the emerging rabbi's exploration of the legacy of his spiritual mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Cincinnati to Cleveland to Memphis to New Orleans and other points while constantly bringing him home to Clifton and 'the heaving hallways' of that high school.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Room B4 / 3
Chapter 2. The Ville, New Orleans, and Prayer Feathers / 21