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| + | |description=Martin Luther King was a pastor and political activist whose moral stance in the US in the 1960s posed a serious challenge to the institutionalised corruption at the heart of the US establishment. Now feted by the US government, although the US legal process conceded in 1999 that he was assassinated by the same government. | ||
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| − | The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was a key figure in the 1960s in USA. He was assassinated on 4 April 1968. | + | The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was a key figure in the 1960s in USA. He was assassinated on 4 April 1968 by agents of the [[US government]]. |
==FBI Harassment== | ==FBI Harassment== | ||
| − | Martin Luther King was subject to harassment from the [[FBI]], who termed him, in a now declassified internal memo, "the most dangerous negro... in the country". | + | Martin Luther King was subject to harassment from the [[FBI]], who wrote him an anonymous note, suggesting that he commit suicide. They also termed him, in a now [[declassified]] internal [[memo]], "the most dangerous negro... in the country". |
==NSA Surveillance== | ==NSA Surveillance== | ||
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==Assassination== | ==Assassination== | ||
{{FA|MLK Assassination}} | {{FA|MLK Assassination}} | ||
| − | Martin Luther King was assassinated by a conspiracy involving unnamed members of the US government. | + | The ''[[official narrative]]'' (according to a 1999 lawsuit in Memphis) is that Martin Luther King was assassinated by a conspiracy involving unnamed members of the US government. |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 10:31, 13 September 2014
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Cause of death | assassination |
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Martin Luther King was a pastor and political activist whose moral stance in the US in the 1960s posed a serious challenge to the institutionalised corruption at the heart of the US establishment. Now feted by the US government, although the US legal process conceded in 1999 that he was assassinated by the same government. | |
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was a key figure in the 1960s in USA. He was assassinated on 4 April 1968 by agents of the US government.
FBI Harassment
Martin Luther King was subject to harassment from the FBI, who wrote him an anonymous note, suggesting that he commit suicide. They also termed him, in a now declassified internal memo, "the most dangerous negro... in the country".
NSA Surveillance
Declassified documents reveal that Martin Luther King was a subject of special surveillance by the NSA.[1]
Assassination
- Full article: MLK Assassination
- Full article: MLK Assassination
The official narrative (according to a 1999 lawsuit in Memphis) is that Martin Luther King was assassinated by a conspiracy involving unnamed members of the US government.
Quotes by MLK
| Page | Quote |
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| Fear | “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.” |
| Love | “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” |
| MLK/Assassination | “If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.” |
| Restorative justice | “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” |
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