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Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

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, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Zephyr Wright, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the civil rights thing. I think I noticed it more during that time when Martin Luther King had that march on Washington. I didn't go, of course, because I think wOt'king for the Johnsons I didn't associate myself with any of these things that were going

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

Oral history transcript, C. Farris Bryant, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was not put in jail . F: Did you personally deal with Martin Luther King during all of this? B: No, F: He was dead before I started on this project, so I never I stayed at least-- [talked to him] . B: No, I stayed at least one person away from him . I

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 10 (X), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

documents. There was one case of a proclamation which I will mention here--I think it should stay confidential for a while, but it illustrates awfully well a difficulty of White House operation which is inherent in the system. The night that Martin Luther
an executive order versus legislation; fair housing; Wozencraft's opinion of reviewing and redrafting executive orders; OLC's work clearing proclamations for White House release; the proclamation of a period of mourning following Martin Luther King's

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Secretary McGif fert 32,33,37 March on the Pentagon 33-36 Analysis of the M-16 rifle 38,39 Controling police type organizations during civil disturbances. 41,42 April disorders after Martin Luther King's death Tape 112: 1-5 April riots after Martin

Folder, "Demonstration – October 20-21, 1967 [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 64C (Item)

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

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Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1956" (Item)

of the states. (the so- called Southern Governors Protest) 1/30 Martin Luther King’s home in Montgomery, Alabama, is dynamited. February 2/1 After three days of meetings, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and President Eisenhower issue the “Declaration

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, 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

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

met in Ramsey Clark's office, and along with us there appeared Bayard Rustin, who was so instrumental in the 1963 march with Martin Luther King. He had as his chief aide and helper, a very beautiful Negress, whose name I cannot remember, but who

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

and they misunderstood him. I'll give you an illustration of that. We had information that Martin Luther King was going to march on Selma, Alabama. I've forgotten which year it was- D: 1965. M: Nineteen sixty-five, right. It seemed clear to me that there was going

Folder, "Shelton, Robert Marvin," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 11 (Item)

·imperial Wizard, rnade a speech saying Oeorgia now had a real Democrat running for Governo.r · and advis~d that · MARTIN LUTHER KIN,G would b o s·orry he is from Georgia ncwo . SHEL.TON advised th.a t he · was to have been in Wa-shington, D. Co 9

Oral history transcript, Thurgood Marshall, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

see, we tended to do that in '55. Then we got out of that with Martin Luther King, etc. Then '65, I think, it moved in again. You know, everybody fighting in the civil rights fight has always been a little inclined to just sit down and take a breather

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, Warren Christopher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Action agency, and neither one of them was poor . King's father . One of them was Martin Luther Well, Sarge said that with the history and tradition � � � � � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--he began to really realize what the federal government's role was. Hesitant as he might be, I think he moved affirmatively when it was necessary to move, and when Martin Luther King died, and then the instances when he really, I thought, showed

Folder, "Riot Chronology, 1965-1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)

Violence• 3 Prftldenl Incident Cemmenf S. Kennedy(1962) Drscgrrg,ationor Uui• ver· James II. Mc:-r.-dith. 4. Kenned)·(1963) Demo11strallu11s led by President readit'd troops Dr. Martin Luther for use

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 16, 15 May 1979," LBJ Library (Item)

, 1950-1959"; Dr. Ruth Leacock, "U.S.-Brazilian Relations, 1961-1969"; Dr. Walter J. McCoy, "Lyndon Johnson: A Special Force in the Appointment of Thurgood Marshall to the Su preme Court"; Dr. Stephen B. Oates, "Full-Scale Biography of Martin Luther King

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 88, February 2007," LBJ Library (Item)

munism in Asia. lt was no le wrong, LBJ thought, to leave the brown- and ellow-skinned peoples of the world to ommu ni m, than it was to leav south- rn blacks to th tender mercies of white segregationists. But by 1967 Martin Luther King had be come

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Legacy of the Sixties, 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

to play our saxo phone solos, too.") As to the legacy of civil right.·: "J saw right out here in u ·tin some street signs that read, 'Martin Luther King,' and 'Cesar Chavez.' ow there is a legac ." Why do we revisit, over and over, the story or civil

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)

Lady Bird slept little; Lady Bird has coffee with LBJ; they decide Crossing the Trails of Texas trip should continue; Lady Bird alters speeches to include statement about Martin Luther King; to Dulles airport; Washington & foreign correspondents

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

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

Oral history transcript, Walter Washington and Bennetta Washington, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] and the fact that he was doing more than the prior administration had done, and he stressed that he was proud of it. I think he was meeting with Martin Luther King the day before or the day after this weekend. G: Did LBJ regard voting rights as a special

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, then Martin Luther King was assassinated within a few days after that, and the President screamed for me. He wanted [Harry] Middleton and I to do a memorial resolution, and Joe said that I was in the Virgin Islands. He said, "What's he doing down there?" He
former staff members went to work; Jack Valenti; Bill Moyers; financial aspects of being a White House staff member; Virgin Islands retreat; problems in Washington D.C. following the Martin Luther King assassination; Washington D.C. mayor Pat Murphy; "We

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

morning. I remember the most touching conversation was with Martin Luther King Sr. And Jim Gaither, who worked for Califano, said, "Mr. King, the President wants to know what can we do for you." And this old man said, "Oh, Mr. Gaither, that's

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

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

something to the effect that he just hoped they could keep Martin Luther King out of Cook County. And the President said, "Why?" And Daley said, "I don't want him assassinated in Cook County." He didn't use the word assassinated; he didn't want him killed

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