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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 22 (XXII), 6/19/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . G: Were you involved in any of the activities in the wake of Martin Luther King's assassination? O: No. G: Where were you at the time you learned the news? O: I had to be in Washington. That was April 4. That was prior to my resignation
Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Schnittker -- II -- 6 This issue coincided with the Martin Luther King assassination, the Poor People's March, and the civil rights acceleration of 1967 and 1968. Much of the Poor People's March, a very large part of its agenda, was "more food for more people
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
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
Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 2 (II), 11/13/69, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in the spring and summer of 1967 and 1968, particularly the one here following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King? Did you have any relationship with the White House on this? K: No, not really. F: Let's shift to foreign affairs. You made a trip
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 17, 15 August 1979," LBJ Library (Item)
  • 29, 1963 Bernard Safran 8 MARTIN LUTHER KING February 18, 1957 Boris Chaliapin BOB HOPE December 22, 1967 Marisol LADY BIRD JOHNSON August 28, 1964 Boris Artzybasheff BOBBY KENNEDY May 24, 1968 Roy Lichtenstein BARRY COLDWATER June 12, 1964
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 18, 15 December 1979," LBJ Library (Item)
  • to the Library Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr,, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Christine King Farris, visited the Library to prepare for the tablishment of a Study Center ho~ing the papers of the slain Civil Rights leader in Atlanta. Here they confer with Chief
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 46, 15 January 1990," LBJ Library (Item)
  • created by the subjects of the portraits. The bronze pieces, representing Berks' output over a long career, included leaders in the worlds of politics (Presidents John­ son, Kennedy and Truman); religion (Pope Paul VI, Martin Luther King, Jr.); industry
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • discharge motion; the public accommodations provision of the bill; the effect of violent civil-rights related events on the likelihood of enacting legislation; JFK's regard for Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) and the FBI's effort to destroy MLK's reputation; J
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
Folder, "Young, Whitney M. (Jr.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box Y-041 (Item)
  • , Whitney, Jr. I L by the April 5, 1968 ll:10-ll:59am Cabinet Room - Meeting with Civil Rights Leaders and others relative to rioting after death of Martin Luther King Hon. Clark Clifford Senator Thomas Kuchel Cong. Wm. M. McCulloch Cong. Carl Albert
Folder, "IDA (Institute for Defense Analysis)," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 11, Box 4 (Item)
  • or Description: Martin Luther King, Jr.: his three-pronged attack on Christ and the Bible, the United States of America, law and order Publisher: Church League of America Title of Series/Chapter/ Article: Edition: Volume Number: Issue Number: Date
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, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
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
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 3/18/65 - 3/24/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24 (Item)
  • degrees; rain is expected most of the day. Most of the marchers have light plastic raincoats. Since Martin Luther King had to go to Cleveland to give a speech, Mr . Young is in charge until his return. Mr . Lewis of the SNCC is second in command. The group
  • 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, Solis Horwitz, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, Burke Marshall, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • )] Conner and (Martin Luther] King [Jr.], it had the country much more in a turmoil than Oxford. You didn't know what you were trying to do. I mean, that was one of the problems--that there were no clear objectives anywhere and you didn't know what they were
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
Folder, "Garrison, Jim," Papers of Wright Patman, Box 768-B (Item)
  • Department for some years, primarily because of what I regard as its obvious and inexcusable failure to investigate effectively the shootings of President John F. Kennedy, Reverend Martin Luther King, Senator Robert Kennedy and, more recently, Governor George
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 84, June 2004," LBJ Library (Item)
  • be no official Ill Jos ph A. Califano, Jr: "I was a kid from Brooklyn who knew nobody ....'' Photo by Charles Bogel. on the proceedings. The march ful; there were government's Martin Luther Have a Dream" surrounding th turned out to be peace­ no disturbances
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 6 (VI), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • that. F: Shifting again, let's talk a little bit about the circumstances surrounding two major funerals in the Johnson Administration. One is the death of Martin Luther King and the other one, of course, is the death of Bobby Kennedy, both of which I'm
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • LBJ’s decision not to run for re-election in 1968; Martin Luther King’s death and LBJ’s view of King; LBJ on civil rights; open housing bill; trip to Chicago 4/1/68; the idea of moving the Democratic National Convention from Chicago; Chicago’s Mayor
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, 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/13/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
Folder, "Eartha Kitt," Reference File (Item)
  • was forced to work abroad," informs Eichler. In addition. he reveals that one of our well-known "extreme rightist" actors is on record in the dossier as criticizing Eartha for marching with Martin Luther King Jr. during the Selma, Ala., civil rights
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
Folder, "Breakthrough - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)
  • Hudsons :1n retaliation for Joe Jr's action toward Open Housing. . Open Housing was repeatedly referred to as pslrl of the "Communist Plan". Martin Luther ·_,· Xing is still looked upon as the most radical and dangerous ot the Black Power advocat
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
Oral history transcript, Lester Maddox, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • : None whatsoever. In fact, I picketed only after I could not get any response from a series of wires to the President asking for an audience with him. He had been giving audiences to Martin Luther King and other groups, other individuals, and I had
Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • look back at the day I was appointed with the Viet Cong inside the Embassy garden there in the TET offensive, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the urban riots and convention battles, and all of the things that happened
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 39, 15 February 1987," LBJ Library (Item)
  • ming, Politics and the PubhL Interest: An Adrninistrntivc Biograph) of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting' • Julie L. Pycior, 'Lyndon Johnson and M xican-Amcril-ans in the Great Depression"· Jame; Ralph. "Northern Protest· Martin Luther King, Jr
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 72, January 2000," LBJ Library (Item)
  • August 6, 1999. AMONG FRIE February 1 Henr Kissinger; Fifth Harry Middleton Lecturer February 17 William Barrows Gives One-Man Show on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. February 19 African-American Art Exhibit Opens February 29 n Evening with Lawrence
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Children in Crisis, 18-19 September 1992," LBJ Library (Item)
  • from polluted air. "My school," she told him, "is full of sewer water, and the doors are locked with chains. Every child in my school is black. Why is it named for Martin Luther Ki,ng? It's like a terrible joke 011 history." "But in the long run
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/28/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Big breakfast with guests; everyone goes for walk and then bowling; lunch, a nap, and viewing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Meet the Press;" more bowling; talk of approaching Eastman-Kodak to sponsor beautification; possible trip to Florida
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