Impact of the King Assassination. Though blacks and whites alike mourned Kingâs passing, the killing in some ways served to widen the rift between black and white Americans, as many blacks saw Kingâs assassination as a rejection of their vigorous pursuit of equality through the nonviolent resistance he had championed.
The Open Boat by Stephen Crane Originally published as, Stephen Crane's Own Story (1897), The Open Boat is based on the real-life ordeal that Crane endured when the boat he was taking to Cuba ran aground and sank off the Florida coast.
Richard Campanella. Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828â1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History. Lafayette: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2010. Pp. 380. A decade ago I published Abe, a novel about Abraham Lincolnâs youth that centered on the flatboat voyages he made to New Orleans in 1828 and 1831.