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- ,
which angered a number of the ministers.
Powell was close to the
minister in Chicago, who headed the National Baptist Convention,
a man who was so absolutely ignorant that when they named South
Parkway Martin Luther King Drive, his church was on South
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- the JFK assassination; Civil Rights Bill of 1964; campaigning for LBJ in 1964; organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; introducing Martin Luther King, Jr. to the concept of non-violence; a King-Powell episode regarding Rustin
- . King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were doing?
Y:
I don't recall a great deal of discussion on specifics. I do know that we discussed the
possibility of certain methods resulting in a counter kind of reaction, and I can remember
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- friendly relationship with
Dr. King's father.
I knew Dr. King personally, but I didn't have any
great intimate relationship there.
I was in the President's office the
night that Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated.
I was sitting there
with him
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- ; LBJ’s efforts in Vietnam; Martin Luther King’s assassination; working on the Commission for Federal-State Relations; LBJ inheriting JFK’s staff; being offered a federal appointment; LBJ deciding not to run in 1968; LBJ’s relationship with Robert Kennedy
- Johnson, but I knew of Rayburn.
shocked at Johnson.
We were
None of us believed it when Johnson's name surfaced
early as a possible vice-presidential candidate--those of us who covered
Washington and knew Johnson as a very proud man--he was king
- of in context as it affected the Middle East crisis--the continuing Middle East crisis.
K:
The issue with Libya as long as King Idris was in charge was much
more our holding onto Wheelus [Air Force] Base and protecting our
oil and gas, which were growing
-
on the Government Operations Committee with Frank Ikard from Texas, he
was senior to me, and with six other members of Congress-
F:
I must say, Jack, you have a facility, though, for getting put on
I
committees kind of like being Crown Prince to the King
- the Vice
President in Uvalde .
As that ceremony was breaking up,
classmate of mine named Tom King .
I was with a
He presently is an attorney in San
Antonio, and he was from Stockdale in Wilson County, the county seat of
which is Floresville .
Tom
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Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781]
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of his visit it was arranged that he would visit the King's Ranch in
Texas, and he enjoyed that very much