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The Echo from Dealey Plaza: The True Story of the First African American on the White House Secret Service Detail and His Quest for Justice After the Assassination of JFK - Hardcover
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Abraham Bolden was a young African American Secret Service agent in Chicago when he was asked by John F. Kennedy himself to join the White House Secret Service detail. For Bolden, it was a dream come true - and an encouraging sign of the charismatic president's vision for a new America.
But the dream quickly turned sour when Bolden found himself regularly subjected to open hostility and blatant racism. He was taunted, mocked, and disparaged but remained strong, and he did not allow himself to become discouraged.
More of a concern was the White House team's irresponsible approach to security. While on his tour of presidential duty, Bolden witnessed firsthand the White House agents' long-rumored lax approach to their job. Drinking on duty, abandoning key posts - this was not a team that appeared to take their responsibility to protect the life of the president particularly seriously. Both prior to and following JFK's assassination, Bolden sought to expose and address the inappropriate behavior and negligence of these agents, only to find himself the victim of a sinister conspiracy that resulted in his conviction and imprisonment on a trumped-up bribery charge.
A gripping memoir substantiated by recently declassified government documents, The Echo from Dealey Plaza is the story of the terrible price paid by one man for his commitment to truth and justice, as well as a shocking new perspective on the circumstances surrounding the death of a beloved president.
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Review
"If a novelist set out to rewrite Franz Kafka's The Trial as a modern-day -horror tale, it might read much like Abraham Bolden's The Echo from Dealey Plaza."
--Chicago Sun-Times
--Kirkus "Excellent."
--Library Journal "Conspiracy theories haunt the Kennedy assassination; Bolden offers a new one, concerning discrimination and evidence suppression. . . . a world of duplicitous charges and disappearing documents fit for a movie thriller."
--Publishers Weekly "Riveting."
--Ebony "Balancing his temper and his dignity, [Bolden] persisted in a manner readers will relate to...."
--Urban Influence From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
ABRAHAM BOLDEN graduated cum laude from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, with a B.A. in music composition. He served in the U.S. Secret Service from 1960 to 1964. Bolden now lives in Chicago and is retired after working for thirty years in the field of quality-control supervision.
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- PublisherHarmony Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 030738201X
- ISBN 13 9780307382016
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages306
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