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No two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist David Margolick explores the untold story of the complex and ever-evolving relationship between these two American icons. Assassinated only sixty-two days apart in 1968, King and Kennedy changed the United States forever, and their deaths profoundly altered the country's trajectory. In The Promise and the Dream, Margolick examines their unique bond and the complicated mix of mutual assistance, impatience, wariness, awkwardness, antagonism, and admiration that existed between the two, documented with original interviews, oral histories, FBI files, and previously untapped contemporaneous accounts. At a turning point in social history, MLK and RFK embarked on distinct but converging paths toward lasting change. Even when they weren't interacting directly, they monitored and learned from one another. Their joint story, a story each man took some pains to hide and which began to come into focus only with their murders, is not just gripping history but a window into contemporary America and the challenges we continue to face.

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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. Lewis Arlt is an experienced narrator, voiceover artist, and actor who has been seen on television and Broadway. A seasoned professional, he is able to narrate a variety of genres. He currently resides in the Catskill Mountains in New York's Hudson Valley, where he records out of his home studio.

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