A Word: My Father, the Spy
Every family has secrets. As a girl, Leta McCollough Seletzky learned that her father, Marrell McCollough\u2013 was on the scene of Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s assassination. But it would be years before she learned that he was there as a spy for the Memphis police, who wanted information on King\u2019s local allies. On today\u2019s episode of A Word, she speaks with Jason Johnson about her father\u2019s story, captured in her new book, The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King.\n\nGuest: Leta McCollough Seletzky, author of The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King\n\n\nPodcast production by Ahyiana Angel\n\nYou can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for $15 for your first three months.\n\n\nThis Pride Month, make an impact by helping Macy\u2019s and The Trevor Project on their mission to fund life-saving suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices