Abraham Bolden was a featured author and speaker at the Juneteenth celebration at Harvey IL Public Library. The event also featured a baking contest and quilt display.
Dr. John C. Bradley was the Master of Ceremonies.
The Harvey Public Library is located at:
15441 Turlington
Harvey, IL. 60426
Tel:708-331-0757
Fax: 708-331-2835
Here is a
link to the interview on Black OP Radio
The following are details of the interview.
# Show #378
Original airdate: June 12, 2008
Guest: Abraham Bolden
Topics: Echo From Dealey Plaza, The Secret Team
Interview Audio - Part One Abraham Bolden
# Bolden gives a brief background of himself
# The first black Pinkerton Detective and the first black Secret Service Agent
# How Bolden became a Secret Service agent on JFK's Presidential detail
# Abraham Bolden's website is www.echofromdealeyplaza.net
# Racism and alcohol abuse Abraham had to endure on the Presidential Detail
# Echo From Dealy Plaza is also the name if Bolden's new book
# It's available at most booksellers now
# Bolden blows the whisle on the abuse of alcohol on the presidential detail
# Several conspiracies were organized to assassinate JFK
# The Chicago Cubans and Milteer in Florida
# Sealing the incriminating files in the Secret Service
# The truth gets Bolden sent to Chicago and railroaded
# His book took two years to write
# After a hung jury, the next jury was coached by the judge to bring a guilty verdict
# He was incarcerated for 4 1/2 years and also committed to a mental institution for a time
# Bolden, as a first hand witness calles JFK a "magnificent" human being
# Chicago, Miami, Dallas... Kennedy was going to be assassinated no matter what
# Other agents are still clammed up after all these years
# About The Chicago Plot and Jim Douglass's book
# 4 Cuban gunmen, 2 identified, 2 unidentified and the 'patsy', Vallee, said to be CIA
# Bolden believes Oswald was a shooter but not the only one
# Conspiracy threats from Tampa also
Abraham Bolden, author of
The Echo From Dealey Plaza, participated in a panel discussion at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair.
The panel,
Unconventional Visions, was located at the University Center/Loop Room at 1:30 PM.
Mr. Bolden was joined by
Richard Baer, author of
Switching Time ,
Steven Harper, author of
Crossing Hoffa, and
Bruce Dold, Chicago Tribune Editorial Page editor, as the moderator.
For more information about the 24th Annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair, go to
www.printersrowbookfair.org
