Author Abraham Bolden will speak on his new book, 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. Book signing may be offered.
Follow this link to register for the event at
Newburgh Free Library.
A Chicago man's story: "The Echo From Dealey Plaza"
A former Secret Service agent's story of racism, lax security and injustice
By Maurice Possley
March 29, 2008
Excerpts:
"Some of the claims he makes in what is a fascinating though sometimes-plodding personal account of an almost-forgotten piece of Chicago history seem almost impossible to believe until a check of newspaper clippings turns up buttressing information."
"For instance, when the jury at his trial before U.S. District Judge Joseph Sam Perry was deadlocked in favor of conviction by an 11-1 vote, Bolden recalls, Perry addressed the jurors and told them he believed there was sufficient evidence to return a guilty verdict. Newspaper articles from the trial show Perry did just that—an astonishing bit of jurisprudence that the single juror nonetheless ignored, leading to a mistrial."
"This is not a case that can be solved with the ultimate truth prover, DNA, but virtually all the significant evidence against Bolden came from the mouths of convicted criminals who, it appears, were out to save their own skin."
Full Story
Abraham Bolden interviewed with
Santita Jackson on WVON 1690-AM Chicago. The show was available via the radio and online.
Ms. Jackson and Mr. Bolden discussed his relationship with President John F. Kennedy, and answered callers questions concerning his book,
The Echo From Dealey Plaza and the challenges which face the Secret Service in 2008.
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Bruce Watson, author of "Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind"
reviewed The Echo From Dealey Plaza for the Washington Post.
Abraham Bolden is scheduled to interview with WVON's Santita Jackson on Friday, March 28, 2008 between 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM.
The Santita Jackson Show show will air LIVE on 1690-AM in the Chicago area. The station also streams
LIVE on the Internet on
WVON.com
Abraham Bolden's interview with
Farai Chideya (pictured) is now available
online.
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The Echo from Dealey Plaza is reviewed by Jeff Johnson in
Section D page 8 of the March 23, 2008 Sunday Sun-times. The book review/interview is practically one full page. Please read the article and offer your comments.
The Canadian distribution website of Amazon.com has listed
The Echo From Dealey Plaza Top 20 in
Biographies: Memoirs: Ethnic and National. The book ranks in the top 10 among the subcategory
African American & Black.
A very informative interview:, Abraham Bolden is interviewed by
R. L. Nave (above) in the March 20, 2008 issue of the Illinois Times.
Read Echoes of injustice.
Books available at Azizi Books and BlackBooksDirect.com
The Echo From Dealey Plaza is available at
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Phil Ponce to interview Abraham Bolden on Chicago Tonight; Rob Johnson to interview Abraham Bolden on Eye on Chicago
Phil Ponce (above, left) will interview Abraham Bolden, the author of The Echo From Dealey Plaza, on WTTW
Chicago Tonight, 7:00 PM on Wednesday March 19, 2008.
Mr. Bolden is also scheduled to appear on WBBM-TV
Eye on Chicago. The segment wil air on a future show to be announced. Eye on Chicago is hosted by
Rob Johnson (above, left) on Sundays at 10:30 am.
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Preview The Echo
Random House and Barnes & Noble have interesting previews of the book. Random House (parent of Crown/Harmony, publisher of the book) offers
32 pages, includes author's introduction and books index. Barnes & Noble features a
"See Inside" . Thanks to Toni B. for this submission.
Abraham Bolden interviewed by Ty Wansley (WGCI), Richard Steele (WBEZ Eight Forty-Eight ), and Farai Chideya (NPR News and Notes)
Richard Steele's (pictured,left) interview with Abraham Bolden is available
here. The interview was recorded on 3/6/2008 at WBEZ studio at Navy Pier. Mr. Bolden was also interviewed by
Ty Wansley of WGCI-FM (pictured, right) and
Farai Chideya (bottom, left) of NPR.org
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Mr. Bolden was interviewed on WCBQ-AM/WHNC-AM by
Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones (left) of Oxford, NC via telephone.
This interview is available
online.
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Book is available at Borders - Hyde Park
I have seen the books on the shelf at Borders here in Chicago in the Hyde Park and Matteson stores. In Hyde Park, the book is on the shelf in African American Studies. In Matteson, the book is on display in the second table of "New Hardcovers". If you are near a Borders, Barnes and Noble, or Walden Books, please request the book. AWB
Echo From Dealey Plaza
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The Echo From Dealey Plaza. If you have yet to receive your copy, please follow this
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