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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 termed him, in a now declassified internal memo, "the most dangerous negro... in the country". | ||
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Revision as of 15:23, 4 March 2014
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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.
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".
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
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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