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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 13 (XIII), 11/17/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it was sort of like wiretapping. He was dead against wiretapping on the one hand. On the other hand, he didn't mind reading or hearing whatever they got from [Martin Luther] King. And I think part of it also was not unrelated to Bobby Kennedy. Bobby Kennedy's
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 25 (XXV), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • bugged [Martin Luther] King extensively. G: You had mentioned before this senator from New Hampshire who LBJ managed to arrange a quid pro quo so that the Senator wouldn't have to testify on a milk subsidy. This guy would support him on--was it [Thomas
Oral history transcript, Zephyr Wright, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the civil rights thing. I think I noticed it more during that time when Martin Luther King had that march on Washington. I didn't go, of course, because I think wOt'king for the Johnsons I didn't associate myself with any of these things that were going
Oral history transcript, C. Farris Bryant, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was not put in jail . F: Did you personally deal with Martin Luther King during all of this? B: No, F: He was dead before I started on this project, so I never I stayed at least-- [talked to him] . B: No, I stayed at least one person away from him . I
Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • it, and that is, there was a real critical time in this after the Senate passed the bill. The House had not passed open housing in August of '67, so it had to go back to the House for either a conference or for a concurrence. time of the Martin Luther King assassination, if you
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • met in Ramsey Clark's office, and along with us there appeared Bayard Rustin, who was so instrumental in the 1963 march with Martin Luther King. He had as his chief aide and helper, a very beautiful Negress, whose name I cannot remember, but who
Oral history transcript, Thurgood Marshall, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • see, we tended to do that in '55. Then we got out of that with Martin Luther King, etc. Then '65, I think, it moved in again. You know, everybody fighting in the civil rights fight has always been a little inclined to just sit down and take a breather
Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • who in the twenties said that he would keep the British out of Lake Michigan if he were elected, and everybody applauded greatly over that . The night before election he went further and said that, "If King George tries to get into Chicago, I'll
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • about that when you presented your credentials? H: Of course, I presented my credentials to the King, who is very pro-American incidentally, and a very fine man. Erlander, who was then the Prime Minister, I think was essentially was pro-American. I
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . What's his heritage? Who Because heri- He became famous, of course, on account of his grandfather and the King Ranch. But I guess the reason he got connected with Lyndon--what success he owed should go, I say, to my father in this regard. and live
Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ] and the fact that he was doing more than the prior administration had done, and he stressed that he was proud of it. I think he was meeting with Martin Luther King the day before or the day after this weekend. G: Did LBJ regard voting rights as a special
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • : In your meeting with President Johnson at that time, did you discuss Martin Luther King with him? W: You know, in three and one-half hours of conversation with the President about that matter, I don't know that we discussed in detail any personality. I
Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • their relationship was during the Martin Luther King riots in 1968. As you recall, President Johnson was scheduled to go to Hawaii and meet General [William] Westmoreland in Hawaii to talk about the situation in Vietnam, but I guess on a Wednesday, or I guess
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of indifferent to Kennedy. But what he did was, that finally brought them in, was that call to Coretta King when Martin Luther King was tossed in the [Georgia state prison]. And of course the Latinos, they thought Johnson was the greatest invention since sliced
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , Chicago. My personal experience vis-à-vis Resurrection City was probably gathered mostly out of the August 1963 march-(Interruption) --when [Martin Luther] King made that speech about, "I have a dream." Resurrection City was handled largely through
Oral history transcript, Russell M. Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was the only one I ever knew who called him Lyn . I called him Lyndon ; Luther Jones and Gene called him "Chief," but Bill White called him L.yn . He was there very regularly . About that time there was a fellow we got to know much better later, but he
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , then Martin Luther King was assassinated within a few days after that, and the President screamed for me. He wanted [Harry] Middleton and I to do a memorial resolution, and Joe said that I was in the Virgin Islands. He said, "What's he doing down there?" He
  • former staff members went to work; Jack Valenti; Bill Moyers; financial aspects of being a White House staff member; Virgin Islands retreat; problems in Washington D.C. following the Martin Luther King assassination; Washington D.C. mayor Pat Murphy; "We
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • and they misunderstood him. I'll give you an illustration of that. We had information that Martin Luther King was going to march on Selma, Alabama. I've forgotten which year it was-­ D: 1965. M: Nineteen sixty-five, right. It seemed clear to me that there was going
Oral history transcript, Joseph M. Barr, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • restaurants for but nevertheles s when they finish work that evening and they go back to that ghetto. internal resentment. from. I think that's where most of our trouble comes We've fortunate here. Luther King assassination, for a couple of days, There's
Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • Action agency, and neither one of them was poor . King's father . One of them was Martin Luther Well, Sarge said that with the history and tradition � � � � � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • --he began to really realize what the federal government's role was. Hesitant as he might be, I think he moved affirmatively when it was necessary to move, and when Martin Luther King died, and then the instances when he really, I thought, showed
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 13 (XIII), 9/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Well, how did this--? O: Weaver was a darn good candidate if you were considering recognizing the black community at this level. He was not a civil rights leader as such. He was, as I recall, an academician. He was not one of Martin Luther King's
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • President to them that they may have treated him a little too familiarly. He wasn't the king. F: Kind of like being married without any of the romance. C : He was Lyndon JolliJ.son from Texas who just happened to be in the White House. I think that's
Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 23 (XXIII), 7/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh O'Brien -- Interview XXIII -- 8 Luther King, the connection
  • and Cesar Chavez's support for RFK; McCarthy's young supporters; RFK as attorney general and surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr.; RFK's personality; RFK's response to McCarthy's criticisms; public interest in, and perception of, the Kennedys
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • something to the effect that he just hoped they could keep Martin Luther King out of Cook County. And the President said, "Why?" And Daley said, "I don't want him assassinated in Cook County." He didn't use the word assassinated; he didn't want him killed
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 3 (III), 1/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • plant and electric lights and water system, Morrison came down and employed myself and my partner to do the legal work and the transfer of the title. He visited back and forth a few times. Martin Insull came down there one time himself. In fact
Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Luther King, Jr., was buried in Atlanta on a Monday. There was speculation in the press and on the wire services that the President was going to that funeral. He called me when I was fis hin g at Callaway Gardens in Georgia and I took the call from
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 21 (XXI), 6/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and that he didn't want, as the minority leader, to take a defeat. You had the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, which had an impact on this legislation, obviously. The key was to persuade the House to accept the Senate version, as it was tenuous
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • to happen then: The President's withdrawal; the Martin Luther King assassination. That was really my first feeling of the difficulties of running an organization like this. Mr. Harding was out of town at the time of the King assassina- tion, and I
Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Hayes -- I -- 23 Martin Luther King, student takeovers of university buildings, the confrontation of police
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the most moving things Washington had seen in terms of numbers--yet John F. Kennedy did not agree to meet with Martin Luther King and the black leadership in a big public meeting prior to that thing. He did meet with the leaders quietly and privately
Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • both--in other words, in civil rights we ought to talk to the Poles in West Chicago who virtually turned Martin Luther King inside out. Do they represent the white opposition, or do the people that--I want to say Ridge Oak Country Club in Houston-M