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.
Show Boat (1951 film) Show Boat is a 1951 American musical romantic drama film, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber. It was made by MGM, adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney.