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With Malice Toward None: The NIght Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Killed
With Malice Toward None The NIght Dr Martin Luther King Jr Was Killed Author:Peter Rogers With Malice Toward None is the self-portrait of a young medical student grappling with the turmoil of the American South during the late 1960s. Peter Rogers leaves Ohio to study in Memphis at a time when civil rights marches, workers' strikes, and institutional segregation create an atmosphere of conflict and division. He attends a KKK meeting ... more »and experiences the full force of ignorance and intolerance. When the body of Dr. King is wheeled past him on April 4, 1968 Rogers abandons passive non-participation and takes to the streets in support of civil rights and racial equality. His life is threatened and he is attacked during a march honoring Dr. King. Rogers develops an intimate relationship with a young African-American woman and they experience the dangers of being a mixed-race couple in the South in 1968. Their relationship becomes a life-changing experience for both of them. With Malice toward None is both an intimate personal story and a potent documentary of American life, politics, and values.« less