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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
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his father, of course, was older than I am.
And my number one
supporter in the Negro community, and I might say one of my number
one supporters in Atlanta when I originally ran, was Dr. Martin
Luther King, Sr.
So I've had a very close
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- in their meetings with LBJ and Hubert Humphrey; tiger cubs at Atlanta zoo named for President Johnson and Lady Bird; relations with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Mrs. King; MLK's assassination and resulting racial problems in Atlanta; concerns and involvement
- publicity because it had drawn the support and attention of Dr. Martin Luther King and his associate, Dr. [Ralph] Abernathy.
It had ceased to be strictly a labor dispute, but emerged as a matter of
the dignity of minority people in Memphis.
i~volved
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- with Mexican-American workers and braceros; exploitation of Mexican-Americans; Cesar Chavez; Memphis sanitation strike in 1968 and eventual wage increase resolution; Martin Luther King’s assassination; problems with communications workers, the International
- .
It was on
to avoid misconstruction of the visit--
purely social.
F:
You ,,,ere around, of course, and you didn't have much time to savor the
reaction from the March 31 speech when Martin Luther King was shot down
in Hemphis.
h'hat uas your role i::l. th,," midst
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- resigned yet, at that time, as I recall.
F:
Yes.
S:
As a matter of fact, he was in Florida making a speech there, a dedication speech, when this broke here in Chicago the day that Martin
Luther King was killed. I, of course, conferred with Otto Kerner
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- His political background; campaigning with LBJ in IL in 1964; Martin Luther King’s assassination and subsequent activities in Chicago; Shapiro’s involvement with the 1968 Chicago convention; the National Guard at the 1968 Chicago convention
- will have the opportunity to review the transcript .
To take up where we left off,
there were other urban disorders in
the aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination, here in Washington
and in Chicago .
C:
Did you get directly involved in any
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- . 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
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- the President's
speech because of the mechanics of getting the call through.
Somebody
had to tell him what it was all about.
G:
Now shortly after that, Martin Luther King was assassinated, a period
of three or four days.
R:
Yes.
G:
Well, I guess even before
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- 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
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Luther King's assassination?
M:
No, we certainly did not anticipate that.
We anticipated problems
because the Poor People's Campaign had been announced, but that wasn't
scheduled for another several weeks.
What happened after the
Dr. King killing
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-
Luther King?
Were you involved in that from the beginning, that is, from
the moment of the assassination, the investigation and so on?
V:
Yes, there were two divisions here that were involved really.
Division and the Civil Rights Division
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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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
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968