Publisher's Synopsis
'"The King" Elvis. Maggie Smith & Presley Tradition of Respect for People of Color: Feat. Mr. John Lee Hooker, Ji-Tu, Black Moses, Jaden Smith, Dwayne Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Jennifer Lopez, Arthur Crudup, Eddie Murphy, B.B. King, and the Godfather of Soul' is available!
This stunning soft cover book is in A5 format (6x9), Garamond 12 font for those appreciative of larger type, and numbers 314 pages. Thirty (30!) pages are dedicated to Maggie Smith - the young lady on the back cover whose face is being seen by the Elvis fandom for the first time.
"Elvis loved to read things to me in the Bible. Elvis treated me like a father [would]. My father had died in '69. He knew that it was only me and my mother, at the time. So, he really treated me more like a father, than an employer. No matter what I had on my mind or no matter what I wanted to discuss, Elvis would listen. He was my friend... 'The Prophet'. He gave me that book. You see, I was closer than a lot of people thought." - Ms. Magnolia "Maggie" Smith, Mr. P's Executive Assistant and Lisa Marie Presley's Nanny at Graceland mansion, Sept. 1974 thru Aug. 1977.
Elvis' Love For People of Color Knew No Boundaries: From publicly praising B.B. King, Bill Kenny w/The Ink Spots, Antoine "Fats" Domino, and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup in 1956/57, sending a rose a day to Roy Hamilton's family during The Golden Boy Of Song's hospitalization, Godfrey Cambridge reading his condolence during the funeral, and remembering Roy's loving, grieving wife Myrna Hamilton with beautiful flowers for six months, to crediting The Sweet Inspirations for helping him "get to his soul" and refusing to play a lucrative Houston Astrodome engagement in 1970 without them being treated with respect, to citing the Anita and Bonnie Pointer song 'Fairytale' as "the story of my life," purchasing a home, cars, jewelry and fur coats for Mary Jenkins, sending a gold cross with 11 diamonds to Jerome "Stump" Monroe when he was sick on the road with The E.P. Show, gifting Ali with a diamond-encrusted robe in 1973, laying on of hands and praying with The Sweets for God to work thru him and send Sylvia Shemwell a divine healing when she faced a cancer scare, putting in a good word at the Hilton Hotel so B.B. King signed his 1st-ever long term contract, professional courtesy to Dionne Warwick at the Sands, crying with Maggie Smith in 1976 when she got pregnant before graduating college, extending support and friendship in 1961 to Johnny Bragg during his 'life sentence' incarceration, paying college tuition and gifting automobiles to distant relatives of African-American staff at Graceland, helping to pay Jackie Wilson's hospital bills after he suffered a massive stroke in 1975, and presenting a red rose to Estelle Brown onstage during his CBS TV-filmed concert tour in June 1977-eight weeks before his passing-Elvis Aaron Presley led a dignified, Christian life filled with confiding in, complimenting & showering his bountiful love on people of color.
If you already own a book that has Nathaniel Wiggison in it, details Ji-Tu confronting Elvis Presley (in his dressing room) on the 'Change of Habit' set about the 1950's "shine my shoes" rumor, the roses sent to Mr. Roy Hamilton's family & funeral condolence, has The Notorious B.I.G.'s comment on E.P., and discloses Magnolia "Maggie" Smith effectively being Elvis' Graceland Executive Assistant and Lisa Marie's Nanny/Protector whilst she stayed with her dad in Memphis, then take a pass on this soft cover.
Otherwise, ' "The King" Elvis, Maggie Smith & Presley Family Tradition of Respect for People of Color' may just be the finest addition to your library in many, many years!
