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Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 90, January 2009," LBJ Library (Item)

of rare talent, eloquence, education, and commitment to public service. He also happens to be black. The Democratic Party will nominate him on the day another man of rare talent, education, eloquence and commitment to public ser vice, Martin Luther King

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)

figure that he was. He crune into public life as [Joseph] McCarthy's counsel and then he was [John] McClellan's counsel and then he tapped Martin Luther King's telephone wire. I said, "Piss on Mennen Williams." He said, "You know they'll embarrass you

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

some cooling effect on city problems. G: Earlier in this interview I asked you about the impact of the Vietnam War, particularly in terms of OEO expenditures and the budget. In April of 1967 Martin Luther King in a speech--critical speech in terms
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

I'm not so sure that there was any concerted effort by the clergy and so on. You had Martin Luther King and the March on Washington. You had the black clergy involved in that and so on and so forth, and certainly that had its mark on the times. But I'm

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/28/1966 (Item)

. Johnson arrived Royal Plaza (National Assembly Square)--greeted by . the King and Queen at the helicopter and-driven in the Royal Cars to the platform for ceremony Also, Ambassador Martin, some head Thai military and Col. Joseph Conmy met th

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

than a casual interest in this? C: What happened was, in June of 1963 I led the first freedom march with Martin Luther King here in Detroit. big freedom march in the fall of 1963. was still alive there. That was prior to the Of course President
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Folder, "Demonstrations (August 1965 to December 1966) [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Investigative Subject Files, Box 64b (Item)

of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Charles Evers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others converged on Memphis, Tennessee, to visit James H. Meredith, who was shot on a Mississippi highway

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 72, June 2000," LBJ Library (Item)

To begin the Library's obser vation of Black History Month and the African-American art exhibit, Bryan Barrows, a teacher of communications at Prairie View A&M University, brought to the LBJ Auditorium his one-man play, "Who Was Martin Luther King

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/15/1966 (Item)

. and Mrs. Frederick Irving, Exec Director for European Affairs Senator and Mrs. J WFulbright Mr. and Mrs. Milan W Jerabek, European Public Affairs Mr. and Mrs. John F King, European Public Affairs Mrs. Charlet A Levesque, Ofc of Western European Affairs Mr

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

leadership away from Martin Luther King. When he succeeded in doing that, King went out the next day and led a march over the bridge and beyond the line that Judge Johnson had said they could not transgress within the limits of the court order. King called us

Oral history transcript, Patrick V. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

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
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Folder, "Klu Klux Klan (KKK) - FBI Reports," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

the UKA.) "Some Questions that Need Straight AnswerE." "Ylhat Vlill You Tell Youi.. Children?" · "Conquer and Breed." "Martin Luther King •••• At Communist Training School." ·ll'PENDIX 1 tJNITED KLANS OF AMERICA, INCo~ KNIGHTS OF 'fflE KU KLUX KLAN

Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations [Weapons, Fires (1 of 2)]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)

the resolutions passed at the Newark Black Power Conference • • Neither had we considered the Southern Conference of Christian Leadership {SCLC) as either Black Nationalist or Militant in the sense of violence or tension until Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Folder, "Caption Information," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)

AUSTIN: Richard Lewis Robert Toth James Gansen Mn?phy Martin Ron Nessen Chicago Sun Times Los Angeles Times American Broadcasting Company American Broadcasting Compaiy National Broadcasting Company PAN AMERICAN: Captain Fir ot Officer Flight Engineer

Folder, "Roy Wilkins (NAACP)," Name Files, WHCF, Box W-312 (Item)

ROY VI LKIN~ ~ w "°sr. HU 2 ... -.!l.a.~~~~Y Council for YOUNG, Whitney M., " •1f, ~?tq: UNITED CIVILRIGHTS10 EAST 44TH STREE, N~E{i~l GREENBERP, Jack (,1 Jr. 0 MUrray HIii 2-0283 FARMER, James KING, Martin Luther, FOREMAN, James Leadership

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

understand. The reason Abernathy does not move into that camp is that we're afraid he'll be assassinated, too." That's the kind of unity that they had, and that made it very difficult. I feel that if Martin Luther King had lived, things would have gone
York Puerto Ricans on the grounds of the Washington Monument; SCLC lawyers Frank Reeves and Leroy Clarke; Coretta Scott King; Walter Washington's response to Martin Luther King's death; Ramsey Clark, Stephen Pollak, Fred Vinson, Jr., Matthew Nimetz

Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the Cabinet Room. This was a meeting on the morning after Dr. [Martin Luther] King's assassination, to which the President had invited maybe ten or fifteen Negro leaders. The purpose of the meeting, I think, was to discuss with them what they saw as the likely
McGiffert's career from 1953 to 1965; how McGiffert got into government work and promotion opportunities under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; meetings with LBJ, including one after the assassination of Martin Luther King; McGiffert's contact

Folder, "Civil Rights Boycotts – Alabama and Mississippi," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

leader ship community is centered basically on three kinds of boycotts: a. A boycott against all Mississippi products (as stated by Dr. Martin Luther King after receiving the Nobel Prize). b. A boycott of bond issues from local governmental

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

wouldn't bother them . You know, somebody told me something once about Martin Luther King ; a fellow who was a friend of his said Martin was a revolutionary, that he scared people to death because he acted as if he thought the Constitution meant what

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 45, 30 April 1989," LBJ Library (Item)

"; James Ralph, "Northern Protest: Mantin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, and the Civil Rights Move ment"; Brian Ripley, "Group Proc esses and Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations";. Adrian W. Schertz, ''Kennedy's

Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Wilkins [of the NAACP]; Mr. Whitney Young, Jr., National Director of the National Urban League; Walter Reuther, President of the UAW;-- B: Would Dr. King have been there? R: Dr. [Martin Luther] King, Jr., was there, and a number of others--I don't

Oral history transcript, Harold Fleming, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1986, by Michael Gillette (Item)

civil rights leaders, play in this planning session? F: Well, in a sense, to start with the negative of that, the other no-person at the conference was Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin was in very bad odor with the President at that time, because of his
groups; Martin Luther King Jr.'s lack of involvement in the conference; A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin's alternate "freedom" budget; involvement of major civil rights organizations and leaders in the conference; recommendations that came out

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the situation, political and military, of the Vietnamese after Tet, how they had reacted and what measures they had taken to reform and speed up the training process. That was a time when Washington was under curfew. You remember the riots, Martin Luther King

Oral history transcript, Louise Hermey Stanford, interview 1 (I), 9/6/1989, by Sybil Jackson (Item)

, some minimal involvement by what we called Slick, the Southern Christian Leadership [Conference]. That was a tease way of talking about Martin Luther King's organization. Their organization hated it and that's what we called them. But those four groups

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, memo from O'Brien to LBJ regarding the Democratic National Committee's efforts and COPE's voter registration program; Louis Martin distributing funds to a get-out-the-vote program aimed at minorities and secrecy surrounding this project; Louis Martin's

Folder, "Ex HU 2, 1/1/65 - 4/20/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES]," WHCF HU, Box 3 (Item)

led egroes sent Ott n P;'IStnng telegram to by the Rev. Dr. Martin Lulh~r • . W a 11 ace condemning him. King Jr. Stale troopers agam . also AFL·CIO President Ge or g e stopped the marchers outside 111 f Meany wired tho P resident to the oity
information; the Kerner Commission [see also FG 690]; use of federal troops in civil disorders; and rioting after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 2 b (II), 11/26/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

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
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Folder, "Gen HU 2/ST 1, 3/9/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]", WHCF HU, Box 27 (Item)

AND CHAOS THAT IS GOING ON IN ALABAMA .,0 " . OR MUST WE LOSE ALONG WITH PRESTIGE AND POSITION IN FUREIGN COUNTRIES SHOULD WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE A MAN OF DIGNITY AND MORAL STRENGTH SUCH AS DR MARTIN LUTHER KING HOPEFULLY YOURS MR AND MRS SAM1Y DAVIS JR . y
File unit description: Documents center on the demonstrations and the controversy over the voting rights of Negroes in Selma, Alabama; the march led by Martin Luther King, Jr.; Gov. George Wallace's meeting with President Johnson; and the decision

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

. U: Let me go back to the events at the end of the Johnson administration, just to get your reflections on a couple of things. 1968 was called by Lyndon Johnson "the nightmare year." Of course, we had the assassinations of Martin Luther King

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 11 (XI), 10/28/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the army when we had the March on Washington with [Martin Luther] King and I don't have a sense of planting FBI agents, planting army intelligence people, getting nuns and priests to get into the march to keep it peaceful. My real sense, which we talked

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. C: He did, which is a great idea. Classic Johnson move. Have you got it? Fogarty had just died. He had just died and he was very big in our health programs. Martin Luther King reacted, and made some public statement or something on the wire in which

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the Johnson Administration. It didn't happen that he picked people who were loyal. All the leaders in the movement were loyal except Martin [Luther King], who was off on a tangent about the Vietnam War, but he was able to be lassoed in because of his respect

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. (1942)," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 20 (Item)

, . ' .• ; Representative · Martin 'Dies .of Orange, chairman of the House ; . .,,_., t • • • -~,,.. :..~ · , • ~ committee investigating un-Ameri·· •· ·· can activities, who was a candidate . . BY JOHN -E. KING,"-i. . :In the special election: last year, Is Staff Corre

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

policy had to do with the failure to bite the bullet. You were trying to achieve an objective without the commitment. G: Martin Luther King became more active in opposition to the war. O: That certainly was a contributing factor to the escalation
to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s anti-Vietnam movement; LBJ's dedication to civil rights; LBJ's request that O'Brien go to South Vietnam to organize their election; Birch Bayh's opposition to Rutherford Poats' nomination as deputy administrator of the Agency

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/19/1964 (Item)

Reedy Moyers To office w/ leaders leaders leave at working on desk w/ JV Ambassador Discussion Joined by Ed Martin to Argentina w/ WJ and Ralph Dungan JV and McGeorge Bundy To SS post to greet His Majesty Mwambutsa IV King of Burundi w/ Mrs Johnson

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

witness a talk between him and Martin Luther King? J: I didn't personally, no. F: Did he ever talk to you about his relationship with King? 9 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that Martin Luther King had been assassinated. You know, it struck a terrible note. The dinner was immediately adjourned. The President, of course, never came. I rushed back to the White House and there were four or five of us with the 8 LBJ Presidential
; negotiations with Israel over Phanton jets; Russian relations; rioting and the aftermath of Martin Luther King’s assassination; the possibility of a presidential draft; Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; neutrality among LBJ’s staff members; Humphrey’s campaign

Oral history transcript, Solis Horwitz, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Folder, "Right Wing Extremism," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 11, Box 5 (Item)

with it He said wing groups Kennedy or Martin for that there indicating Luther articulate might Baker said it to us. wing for us favor be some material satisfaction King. us and forward of right would be difficult who would explicitly

Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)

Luther. foreman of the Amarillo expressway maintenance section; and Glenwood Vierus, roadway maintenance supervisor for Washington County. A special citation was given to Troy King of Pecos County for roadside planting, and employees of the Amarillo

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