ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Truskoff
at Borders Book Signing
At the end of World War II, David Truskoff returned to his hometown of
Rutherford, New Jersey after being discharged from the US Navy with honor,
commendations and dreams of a peaceful world. The naiveté was short lived.
In 1948 he believed in and worked for Henry Wallace, the Progressive Party
candidate.
With a communications degree in his hand, he entered the broadcast industry only
to again find disappointment and the need to continue the fight for the
democracy that FDR promised.
During the McCarthy era it was not possible for him to survive in the broadcast
industry.
With a family to support, he began a successful career in the advertising
business specializing in the making of TV commercials, but again found himself
unable to remain in the make-believe world. To return to reality he answered the
call to fight for the rights that American Veterans expected. As an Area
Director for the American Friends Service Committee he was able to actively
oppose the war in Vietnam and join Martin Luther King in his gallant crusade.
He served as a security guard for the
historic Selma to Montgomery Freedom March of 1965. David was the voice of
Delta Radio during the Mississippi March in June of 1966 and participated in
voter registration drives in dangerous areas of the south.
The battle goes on in every one of his twelve books.
Photo of author with Martin Luther King & Fanny Lou Hammer
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