Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death- remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to the fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this county.