Martin Luther King Jr. - He was really great!!!

He was really great!!!

Context

This quotation was documented by an FBI illegal wiretap of King and his associates. The illegal wiretap had been insisted upon by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover who was a racist and somewhat of a paranoid about communists. However, Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy personally approved the illegal wiretap.

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Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968, Clergyman & Civil Rights Leader, Nobel Peace Laureate, Referring to President John F. Kennedy’s nationally televised address on Civil Rights earlier on that date, Telephone call with his friend and colleague, Stanley Levison, June 11, 1963

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About the Author

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929
Died: April 4, 1968
Nationality: American
Profession: Clergyman, Activist

Biography

Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son of early civil rights activist Martin Luther King Sr.

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