But it is what we need to know in order to resurrect his spirit in us, so we can carry on his mission and emulate his witness.
The time is now.
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Notes
[1] As quoted in James W. Douglass, The Non-Violent Cross, New York, 1968, p. 57
[2] See "50 Years Ago: Riverside Church and
MLK's Final Year of Experiments With Truth," David Ratcliffe, rat haus
reality press, 4 April 2017
A significant moment in Dr. King's odyssey occurred on 14 January 1967 when he
first saw a photographic essay by William Pepper about the children of Vietnam.
Initially, while he hadn't had a chance to read the text, it was the
photographs that stopped him. Bernard Lee, who was present at the time, never forgot
Martin King's shock as he looked at photographs of young napalm victims:
"Martin had known about the [Vietnam] war before then, of course, and had
spoken out against it. But it was then that he decided to commit himself to
oppose it." The truth force in these photographs led directly to Dr. King's
Riverside Church exhortation in April.
See "The Truth of The Children of Vietnam:
A Way of Liberation - How Will We Challenge Militarism, Racism, and Extreme
Materialism?,
David Ratcliffe, rat haus reality press, 30 November 2017
[3] Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Case Study, US Senate, Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities ("Church Committee"), Final Report - Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans, 23 April 1976, pp. 79-184
[4] "MLK's speech attracted FBI's intense attention," Tony Capaccio, Washington Post, 27 August 2013
[5] "What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals," Beverly Gage, New York Times, 11 November 2014
[6] "Army feared King, secretly watched him, Spying on blacks started 75 years ago," Stephen G. Tompkins, The Commercial Appeal, 21 March 1993
[7] An overview of the trial with links back into the court transcript is "The Martin Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis," Jim Douglass, Probe Magazine, Spring 2000. Apart from the courtroom participants, Douglass was one of only two people who attended the entire thirty-day trial.
[8] See Transcript of the King Family Press Conference on the Martin Luther King Assassination Conspiracy Trial Verdict, Atlanta, Georgia, 9 December 1999
Many thanks to my dear friends Dave Ratcliffe and Jim Douglass for all their help.
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