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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: In the time of the riots in Washington for [Martin Luther] King [Jr
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/18/1964 (Item)
  • y an y danJac d Jac k Valent k Valent i i Bundy and Mrs Martin Luther King VP-elect Humphrey Dec White House 18 Friday To Dr Rev Rev then O'Donnells office w/ Dr Mrs King to meet and Mrs Ralph G Abernathy aid to King Walter Fauntroy
Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • to provide a kind of constructive direction of the movement of people. But for us to stand in the way and say "stop this", we would have been washed away. B: You say "provide direction", in fact in those years, really Martin Luther King's presence
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • problems with Sam Yorty, then-mayor of Los Angeles? J: I don't know. I remember Yorty. I don't know. I don't think he did, but I'm not sure. I remember Yorty though. If you've ever read the FBI report on Martin Luther King, it's a terrible thing. Martin
  • Texas protesters arrested and later invited to the Ranch; Jacobsen's opinion of Martin Luther King, Jr.; clothier Louis Roth's anti-Vietnam stance; Martin Luther King's FBI report.
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/25/1964 (Item)
  • Leonard Grant Mr. Melvin Payne Mr. Chester Brown until 12:23 pm Walter Jenkins (nr - fr. Cabinet Room) in mjdr's office , talking with Lee White. Mr. White told him tha t Martin Luther King was calling him,andthe President said: "Tel l him I'v e sent
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1966 (Item)
  • Cong Edwin E Willis SENATE STAFF: George Autry Joe Davis William Findley Francis Rosenberger Paul Woolward HOUSE STAFF: Bess Dick William R Foley Martin R Hoffman -Oscar Altshuler, Assistant U. S. Attorney Hon. Luther Alverson, Superior Court, Atlanta
Folder title list, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Human Rights (HU) (Item)
  • 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. [see also HU 2/ST 13 and HU 2/ST 20]. HU 2/FG 216 EQUALITY OF RACES/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Opened 12/72 Boxes
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/25/1963 (Item)
  • Luther King Secretary Dillon Dr. Heller, Henry Fowler Gardner Ackley Kermit Gordon Elmer Staats 9:29 f McGeorge Bundy 10:10 t Ted Sorensen ( returning his call ) 10:45 Depart 274 EOB 4 Funeral services 4:30 p.m. Return to Exec. Office Bldg. Office
Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Christian Leadership Conference meetings and the rumor even included the fact that the FBI had a tape recording or recordings of sexual activities of Martin Luther King, and things like that. H: Well, that didn't bother anybody, I'm sure I've got taps
Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • sometime? M: Oh yes. I must say that in the Kennedy years my job was sort of liaison between the White House and the civil rights people--the NAACP and Urban League types, Whitney or Roy and Martin Luther King. I had worked with all these people during
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  • Martin, Louis, 1912-1997
  • Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb
  • Louis Martin
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 10/28/1966 (Item)
  • / President, Ambassador and Mrs. Martin for official call on King and Queen 4:30 Return to mansion with Mrs. Martin (President went to Victory Monument for wreathlaying ceremony (over) Entry No. Time Activity 5:15 Prime Minister Thanom, Thanpuying
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 48, 15 December 1990," LBJ Library (Item)
  • occasions they gave a review of American musical comedy and a presentation of the songs of Noel Coward and Cole Porter. Taylor Branch, author of a Pulitzer Prize winning book about the U.S. in the time of Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a recounting of his
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/29/1966 (Item)
  • talked with him —Lloyd Hand was also in fo a few minutes. The President and Ambassador Martin left the Mansion by motorcade t^ October 29, 1966 Boromabiman Mansion, Thailand (Bangkok ) Saturday Dav Activity (inc)ude visited bv) ft The Presidential
Folder, "Civil Rights – St. Augustine, Fla.," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • , but not hatred. For this, St. Augustine should be grateful perhaps to Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference for taking over leadership in the festering racial tension in t hat city. This leadership says to the N e·groes : "Do not think
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 11/23/63- 3/17/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24 (Item)
  • , ALABAMA, TO INVEST IGATE FIRST HAND PROBLEMS FACED BY NEGROES SEEKING VOTER REGISTRATION IN DALLAS COUNTY. WE MET AND TALKED WITH THE REVERE ND MARTIN LUTHER KING AND HIS ASSOCIATES , LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS , FOUR ME~BERS OF THE ALABAMA
  • 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, A. Leon Higginbotham, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • knew that Antioch College was then trying to recruit blacks, and I transferred. The day I entered Antioch Martin Luther King's wife Coretta, Scott was her last name then, also entered. That is the reason why I transferred from Purdue to Antioch. F
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • know, we couldn't get passed until Dr. [Martin Luther] King was assassinated. And even if you look at that--I remember proposing it. It's the only time--and I think if you look at the New York Times or something--I was mentioned in the twenty-fourth
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
Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Feb. - March 1968]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
  • March 1,. 1968 SELECTEDRACIAL DEVELOPMENTS ANDDISTURBANCES MARTINLUTHERKING, JR., APRIL OF 1968 SCHEDULED 'IO VISIT AFRICA IN A source of this Bureau who has furnished reliable information in the past advised that Martin Luther King, Jr., President
Oral history transcript, Sterling Tucker, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • in most of that activity. I was a I was heavily Close to Dr. Martin Luther King --closely associated with all the national civil rights leaders. B: What was your opinion of the Justice Department's, and the Kennedy Administration generally, handling
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • How Tucker met LBJ; LBJ’s reputation in regard to civil rights; LBJ’s work as a Vice-President; Tucker’s involvement in the civil rights movement; Martin Luther King; the 1963 March on Washington; LBJ’s interest in civil rights early in his
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • would have let any of these circumstances interfere with that recollection and knowledge of what was going on. G: Anything on Kennedy's telephone call to Coretta King at the end of the campaign when Martin Luther King was in prison
  • president; LBJ's relationship with the Senate during his vice presidency and presidency; comparing LBJ and Mike Mansfield as leaders; judicial appointments of the Kennedy administration, including Luther Terry as surgeon general; cigarette warning labels
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/9/1968 (Item)
  • d t o Aspe n Lodg e an d sa t i n the livin g roo m where staf f member s wer e watchin g coverag e o f th e funera l tek of Martin Luther King k .... Mr . an d Mrs. Georg e Christia n Jim Jones , m f Mary Bec k . Arthu r Kri m - Ne w York Cit y 5
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/3/1963 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • with about ten governors, and Martin Luther King somewhere in the middle of it. And it was good talk and a wonderful day, and I thought to myself: “Dear Lord, if he can just rest enough to think enough, it just might be wonderful.” I mean, the next 13 months
Oral history transcript, Herbert Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • that Dr. Martin Luther King was leading. $ - - • ' • And. it started over lunch counters and restrooms, and had been .{tnterruptton} Well> of course, there was very much concern to the city and to the pol ice department, · We haq grave
  • Meeting LBJ in 1960; civil rights demonstrations in Atlanta and subsequent federal laws to override states’ discriminatory laws; Civil Rights Act of 1964; opinions of integration among Atlanta leadership; Ralph McGill; Martin Luther King, Sr. and Jr
Folder title list, President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup] (Item)
  • , 1968 Box 96 [Diary Backup] z / 3 / :; r - --· . ..;.t' Material Rel ating to North Vietnam's Res ponse to Offer of Peace Talks Visit of Chancellor and Mrs. Klaus of Austria Death of Martin Luther King and Riots in Major Cities I /-z-1
Civil and Racial Disturbances (Item)
  • Matters (JL) JL, Judicial-Legal matters JL 1, Amnesties-Clemency-Pardons JL 2, Civil Matters JL 3, Criminal Matters JL 3/King, Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King JL 6/MC, Law Enforcement Officers’ Conferences 1-2 2-3 21-24 25-33 35-37 41 White House
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
Folder title list, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Judicial - Legal Matters (JL) (Item)
  • ; column by Harry Golden; identifying potential assassins. 7". JL 3/King ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING (open 12/72) Boxes 35-37 Requests for providing State Funeral and burial in Arlington National Cemetery, National Day of Mourning, legal
Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • done anything on this conference before? G: Well, of course we've read about it and that sort of thing. Did this experience reveal to you anything about the relationship between Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King? A: Well, I gather
  • appearance there; 100 billion dollar freedom budget proposal and Bayard Rustin; Bill Coleman’s meeting of black militants; Ben Heineman; LBJ’s relationship with Martin Luther King; inviting radical elements of the civil rights movement to the White House
Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the Martin Luther King riots, where he felt that Vietnam was really dividing the country and that we just couldn't afford it economically or politically or for any other reason. I suppose I look back and realize that Lyndon Johnson was a tragic figure because
  • from diplomacy in current politics; the riots in Washington, D.C., following the assassination of Martin Luther King; LBJ's confusion over the riots, their purpose and leadership; being in New York City for the ordination of Cardinal Terence Cooke
Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of William McChesney Martin (Item)
  • Correspondence, 1950-83, primarily re Hearings, FRB membership, mortgage market, Maisel, and King] Martin Personal: Congressional Letters Correspondence and Telephone Calls, President Johnson and Nixon Correspondence, etc. with Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy
  • Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 1906-1998
  • Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of William McChesney Martin
Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 86, December 2005," LBJ Library (Item)
  • . Even the civil rights mov ment experienced turmoil, moving from the passive reistance of Martin Luther King to the mor confrontational tactics of Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown, as the goal of integration gave way to th call for black power
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/1/1965 (Item)
  • the Martin situation Luther in King's arrest Selma Ala Room Attendance a t 12:30 p Cabine t Meetin g Secy Vanc e John McNaughton General Earl e Wheele r Amba s s a do r Leonard U ng er to Laos Chester Coope r Secy Bal Balll -- R REE: : Jkxudao Jkxudao c
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/9/1965 (Item)
  • - - evidence d b y a smile . February 9 , 196 5 White hous e To Office George To w/ Tuesday Secretary Douglas Villon John T Connor Reedy Cabinet Room for meeting w/ To Fish Room where the President greeted Dr Martin Luther King and escorted him
Folder title list, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Arts (AR) (Item)
  • AR 5-l/A-Z SENT TO THE PRESIDENT/A-Z (Subdivided by the initial of the last name of the correspondent.) (open 12/13/73) Boxes 10-13 Material on the President and his family, Vietnam, Texas, America, the Great Society, President Kennedy, Martin Luther
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/1/1967 (Item)
  • table: Her Majesty, the Queen of Nepal; Cong. Cecil King, Miss Marian Anderson, Mr. Robert McKinney, Mrs. Tony Martin, Mr. Frank Pace. Jr. . Cong. Leonor Sullivan, Hon. Lucius D. Battle, and Mrs. Kirti Nidhi Bista (wife of the Deputy PM) Coffee
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 49 (XLIX), 7/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that if we went the executive order route, well, it was tenuous legally. He thought that the Warren Court would find a way to support us and uphold a reasonable executive order. G: Did the demonstrations in Chicago that Martin Luther King was organizing
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
Folder title list, National Security Files, Special Head of State Correspondence Files (Item)
  • Independence Day Messages Near East Crisis -- Correspondence Index Drafts -- Answering Condolences on Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Received from Heads of State Our Men Around the Moon, Apollo VIII, December, 1968 Farewell Messages to Heads of Government