Jason Sokol presents "The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr."

Local resident and prominent historian, Jason Sokol will speak about his latest book,  The Heavens Might Crack: the Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.  As surprising as it may seem  to many of us tody, at the time of his death 50 years ago,  Martin Luther King was widely despised by a great many white Americans, seen as almost irrevelant by an increasingly militarized young African-American youth, and  as the hope for a free and equal society by others.  His murder sent out shockwaves climaxing in days of rioting and intense despair for the very idea of racial equality in America.  In vivid prose Sokol presents us with a picture of our country's struggle with racism, bringing King's legacy forward to today.