Steven Levingston is the non-fiction book editor of The Washington Post. His work often delves into the lives of significant historical figures and their societal impact. Levingston is recognized for his incisive prose and his talent for bringing the past to life for contemporary readers.
From the Washington Post editor and author of Kennedy and King, a vivid and inspiring account of the 'bromance' that developed between Barack Obama and Joe Biden, which captured Americans' imagination and was unlike any President- Vice President relationship in American history.
A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick "Kennedy and King is an unqualified masterpiece of historical narrative.... A landmark achievement."---Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Rosa Parks Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth century's greatest leaders, their powerful impact on each other and on the shape of the civil rights battle between 1960 and 1963. These two men from starkly different worlds profoundly influenced each other's personal development. Kennedy's hesitation on civil rights spurred King to greater acts of courage, and King inspired Kennedy to finally make a moral commitment to equality. As America still grapples with the legacy of slavery and the persistence of discrimination, Kennedy and King is a vital, vivid contribution to the literature of the Civil Rights Movement.