“Bluff City does a masterful job of telling the story of civil rights in Memphis in the 1960s, framing it with Withers’ biography, and culminating with the sanitation workers’ strike that would bring King to town — and to his death. Not only is it a great narrative, it’s also reminder, in these polarised times, that moral complexity is baked into human affairs, and that sometimes people do the wrong thing for what they perceive is the right reason.” –Ed Ward reviews for Financial Times
“Lauterbach’s vibrant study of Withers…doubles as a love letter to Withers’s hometown”-New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
WNYC, All of It with Alison Stewart
NPR Weekend Edition with Scott Simon
Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC)
