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Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

-- I -- 15 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

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. 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
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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

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, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

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, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

it was in April that Martin King called the bla.ck people to oppose the War ;in 'Vi.et Nam because of what it was doing to the P'oyerty );lrograIIl and other programs in the country. t:Ll!le,...,- you were saying that his popularity Do you feel

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